# quão

> Portuguese word · Adverb · frequency rank #2,849

## Definitions
1. exprime intensidade: quanto, como
2. (Uso: formal) exprime comparação, seguindo-se a tão

## Easily confused with
- **que** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/quao-vs-que)
- **qui** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/quao-vs-qui)
- **quem** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/quao-vs-quem)
- **quer** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/quao-vs-quer)
- **quis** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/quao-vs-quis)
- **quit** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/quao-vs-quit)
- **quase** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/quao-vs-quase)
- **quilo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/quao-vs-quilo)
- **quatro** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/quao-vs-quatro)
- **quarto** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/quao-vs-quarto)
- **qu** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/qu-vs-quao)
- **qual** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/qual-vs-quao)
- **quand** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/quand-vs-quao)
- **quanto** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/quanto-vs-quao)
- **quadro** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/quadro-vs-quao)

## Common misspellings (4)
`qquão`, `quoã`, `qãuo`, `uqão`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/quao