que
[ke]
The verdict
“que” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #3) as a pronoun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #3
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,200
- “Q” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Palabra utilizada para hacer referencia a una palabra o frase expresada anteriormente conocida como antecedente, conectándola con una idea que será expresada posteriormente.
Corpus desk
Index ES-que · que · Spanish
que · rank #3 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #3
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,200
- PHOTO-FINISH la
Nearest frequency peer: la (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “que”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- de
de
100,000 corpus weight
- la
la
99,999 corpus weight
- que
que
99,998 corpus weight
- en
en
99,996 corpus weight
- y
y
99,995 corpus weight
- los
los
99,993 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “que” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | que |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | [ke] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #3 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “que” sits in Spanish frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for que is neighbouring look-alikes ("quo", "qui", …), not just typos; it is apronoun pronounced [ke]. Frequency #3 among 3,200 “Q” headwords. Gloss: "Palabra utilizada para hacer referencia a una palabra o frase expresada anteriormente conocida como antecedente, conectándola con una idea que será expresada posteriormente.".
Zero misspellings are on record for que in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "quo", "qui", "quid", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is que, spelled Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Palabra utilizada para hacer referencia a una palabra o frase expresada anteriormente conocida como antecedente, conectándola con una idea que será expresada posteriormente.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how que appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
la mujer con la que yo hablé.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "que", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.