# Qual vs qui

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Qual
*noun · IPA [kvaːl] · frequency rank #10,919*
Schmerz, Leid, etwas physisch oder psychisch Belastendes

### qui
*pronoun · IPA [ki] · frequency rank #18,668*
der, die, das; wer, was

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/qual-vs-qui