# q vs que

> 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.

### que
*noun · IPA /ˈkjuː/ · frequency rank #9,084*
The name of the Latin script letter Q/q. Alternative form of cue.

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