Which to use
“queue” and “queues” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,954
- “queue” frequency rank
- #18,573
- “queues” frequency rank
- 21527
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | queue | queues |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Appendice postérieur, plus ou moins développé, qui termine la colonne vertébrale d’un très grand nombre de vertébrés. | Pluriel de queue. |
Same sound, different letters: queue vs queues
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - queue / queues
This is the hard kind. queue and queues are pronounced identically (\kø\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “queue” sits inside “queues”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21527, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
queue is recorded at frequency rank #2,954, classified as anoun, pronounced \kø\. queues is at rank #18,573, 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 21527, this pair ranks #362,713 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of queue vs queues
Shared letters: equ. Private to "queue": -. Private to "queues": s.
"queue" · 5 letters · shape CVVVV · "queues" · 6 letters · shape CVVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "queue" and "queues" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "queue" or "queues" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "queue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "queues" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #362,713 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "queue" and "queues" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ques vs queues". 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 #362,713 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.