Which to use
“que” is a conjunction and “queue” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13
- “que” frequency rank
- #2,954
- “queue” frequency rank
- 2967
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | que | queue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Complémenteur pour introduire une proposition subordonnée complétive. | Appendice postérieur, plus ou moins développé, qui termine la colonne vertébrale d’un très grand nombre de vertébrés. |
Where the eye mixes que and queue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: que is \kə\ while queue is \kø\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “que” sits inside “queue”, and the parts of speech differ too (conjunction vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2967, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
que is recorded at frequency rank #13, classified as aconj, pronounced \kə\. queue is at rank #2,954, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kø\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 2967, this pair ranks #435,090 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of que vs queue
Shared letters: equ. Private to "que": -. Private to "queue": -.
"que" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "queue" · 5 letters · shape CVVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- queue ← qeuue · qqueue · queeu · quuee · uqeue