# qing vs Qiu

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### qing
*noun · IPA /t͡ʃɪŋ/ · frequency rank #24,874*
A sounding stone, a Chinese musical instrument.

### Qiu
*name · IPA /tʃu/ · frequency rank #48,432*
An English surname from Chinese.

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