# q vs qua

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### q
*character · IPA /kjuː/ · frequency rank #2,698*
The seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script.

### qua
*preposition · IPA /kwɑː/ · frequency rank #35,473*
as; in the capacity of; acting as

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-02.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/q-vs-qua