Which to use
“quêtes” and “queue” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,785
- “quêtes” frequency rank
- #2,954
- “queue” frequency rank
- 28739
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quêtes | queue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de quête. | Appendice postérieur, plus ou moins développé, qui termine la colonne vertébrale d’un très grand nombre de vertébrés. |
Where the eye mixes quêtes and queue
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses quêtes with queue
A purely visual mix-up. quêtes (\kɛt\) and queue (\kø\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28739, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quêtes is recorded at frequency rank #25,785, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɛt\. 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 28739, this pair ranks #320,994 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of quêtes vs queue
Shared letters: equ. Private to "quêtes": stê. Private to "queue": -.
"quêtes" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "queue" · 5 letters · shape CVVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- queue ← qeuue · qqueue · queeu · quuee · uqeue
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "quêtes" for "queue" ever safe?
Frequency check: "quêtes" vs "queue" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "quêtes" and "queue" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "quêtes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "queue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #320,994 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quêtes" and "queue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quêtes vs quite". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #320,994 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.