# qu vs quo

> 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).

### quo
*verb · IPA /kwəʊ/ · frequency rank #9,947*
quoth

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