# qua vs quiz

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### quiz
*noun · IPA /kwɪz/ · frequency rank #9,385*
An odd, puzzling or absurd person or thing.

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