# qua vs quack

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### quack
*noun · IPA /kwæk/ · frequency rank #26,927*
The sound made by a duck.

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