deque
/dɛk/noun
deque is spelled D-E-Q-U-E: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, deque means “A linear data structure in which elements may be appended to or removed from either end” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of deque is deques.
How many letters and syllables are in deque?
| Letters | 5: D-E-Q-U-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 56 million words; the 234,209th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is deque?
Deque appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce deque?
- /dɛk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-deque.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with deque
Sounds like: deck (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of deque
- deques plural
- dequeue
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does deque mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A linear data structure in which elements may be appended to or removed from either end.
This algorithm is difficult to implement with a standard queue, but with a deque it's easy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does deque come from?
Shortened from double-ended queue.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).