Which to use
“quere” is a verb and “Quote” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,296
- “quere” frequency rank
- #6,101
- “Quote” frequency rank
- 35397
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quere | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs queren | Anteil einer Sache an einem Ganzen |
Where the eye mixes quere and Quote
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. quere and Quote follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: quere vs Quote
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: quere is [ˈkveːʁə] while Quote is [ˈkvoːtə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35397, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quere is recorded at frequency rank #29,296, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈkveːʁə]. Quote is at rank #6,101, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkvoːtə].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 35397, this pair ranks #1,641,009 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of quere vs Quote
Shared letters: equ. Private to "quere": r. Private to "Quote": ot.
"quere" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "Quote" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "quere" for "Quote" ever safe?
Frequency check: "quere" vs "Quote" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "quere" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Quote" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,641,009 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quere" and "Quote" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quere vs queue". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,641,009 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.