que
/ˈkjuː/noun
que is spelled Q-U-E: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 6.9 times per million words in written English, the 9,045th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Que, the name). People search “que vs queue” about 5,400 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, que means “The name of the Latin script letter Q/q. Alternative form of cue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of que is ques or 'ques.
How many letters and syllables are in que?
| Letters | 3: Q-U-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.9 times per million words; the 9,045th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is que?
Que appears 6.9 times per million words in written English, the 9,045th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Que, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce que?
- /ˈkjuː/
Que has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-q.ogg, En-us-queue.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with que
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: cue, queue (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: queue.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of que
- ques plural
- 'ques plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does que mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
rareThe name of the Latin script letter Q/q. Alternative form of cue.
- 2
USinformalrareClipping of barbeque.
- 3
Alternative form of queue.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).