# queen vs quer

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### queen
*noun · IPA [kwiːn] · frequency rank #5,523*
Königin

### quer
*adverb · IPA [kveːɐ̯] · frequency rank #4,149*
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## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/queen-vs-quer