# qu vs quad

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### qu
*noun · frequency rank #20,195*
An administrative subdivision of China roughly equivalent to districts, distinguished from the more rural "counties" (xian).

### quad
*noun · IPA /kwɑd/ · frequency rank #11,274*
Clipping of quadrat.

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