English homophones
cues/queues
"cues" (#14,305 written frequency) beats "queues" (#22,190) in this 2-word /ˈkjuːz/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈkjuːz/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "cues" leads at #14,305, with "queues" trailing at #22,190.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- No shared spelling stem: "cues" is 4 letters, "queues" is 6; only the sound ties them.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across cues, queues: esu. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
cues
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVVC
Inventory cesu · private c
queues
6 letters · 4 vowels · shape CVVVVC
Inventory eqsu · private q
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "cues" when you mean: plural of cue
- Write "queues" when you mean: plural of queue
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
Each spelling
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
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- "cues" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #14,305 in English). Full entry
- Among English homophone groups, a cluster of 2 spellings ranks #133 by size (1,007 groups in this vintage). Corpus statistics
- Explore a nearby 2-spelling cluster: canon · cannon. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "cues, queues" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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