queux

\kø\

/\kø\/ noun

The verdict

“queux” is uncommon French (frequency #90,085 among 352 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,085
frequency rank, French
352
“Q” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cuisinier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-queux · queux · French

queux · rank #90,085 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,085
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 352
  • PHOTO-FINISH quartile

Nearest frequency peer: quartile (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « queux »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « queux » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for queux
PropertyValue
Headwordqueux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kø\
Letters5
Frequency rank#90,085
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « queux » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).queuxtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « quartile » (#90,084), « quien » (#90,086), « quartette » (#90,083). Parmi 352 lemmes en « Q », « queux » est au #90,085. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

queux is uncommon French at frequency #90,085 among 352 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cuisinier.".

No misspelling variants are generated for queux in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is queux, spelled Q-U-E-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cuisinier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how queux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Un hasteur, un potager, un saussier, un queux, un sommelier d’armures, deux valets de sommiers à raison de dix livres par mois chaque !
  2. La conversation s’établit entre tous, de table à table, tous unis, tous amis, tous frères : le curé, le queux, le notaire, son partenaire, et l’hôtelière au nom si doux (c’est Baiselat : le nom promet ; elle a tenu, et au-delà).

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "queux"?
"queux" is spelled Q-U-E-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \kø\.
What does "queux" mean?
As a noun, "queux" means: Cuisinier.
How do you pronounce "queux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "queux" is \kø\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "queux" come from?
"queux" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "queux", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list