# cue

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkjuː/ · frequency rank #10,351

## Definitions
1. The name of the Latin script letter Q/q.
2. A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing and noted with a q (for Latin quadrāns (“farthing”)) in the buttery books.

## Etymology
From Middle English cu (used for half a farthing, from q as an abbreviation for Latin quadrāns (“quarter of an as”)), from Latin cū, kū. Compare French ku.

## Easily confused with
- **CV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cue-vs-cv)
- **CW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cue-vs-cw)
- **CX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cue-vs-cx)
- **cz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cue-vs-cz)
- **cut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cue-vs-cut)
- **cup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cue-vs-cup)
- **cum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cue-vs-cum)
- **cuz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cue-vs-cuz)
- **CVS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cue-vs-cvs)
- **cur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cue-vs-cur)
- **Cui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cue-vs-cui)
- **CVD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cue-vs-cvd)
- **cute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cue-vs-cute)
- **cuts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cue-vs-cuts)
- **cure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cue-vs-cure)
- **cups** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cue-vs-cups)
- **cult** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cue-vs-cult)
- **cunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cue-vs-cunt)
- **curb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cue-vs-curb)
- **cues** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cue-vs-cues)

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