que
/ˈkɨ/
The verdict
“que” sits in 16 confusable pairs (corpus #4) as an adverb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #4
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 129
- “Q” headwords
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - quanto, quão grande, qual de
Corpus desk
Index PT-que · que · Portuguese
que · rank #4 · 0 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #4
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 129
- PHOTO-FINISH o
Nearest frequency peer: o (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “que”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- de
de
100,000 corpus weight
- A
A
99,999 corpus weight
- o
o
99,998 corpus weight
- que
que
99,997 corpus weight
- e
e
99,996 corpus weight
- do
do
99,995 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “que” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | que |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈkɨ/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “que” sits in Portuguese frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for que is neighbouring look-alikes ("qui", "quem", …), not just typos; it is anadverb pronounced /ˈkɨ/. Frequency #4 among 129 “Q” headwords. Gloss: "quanto, quão grande, qual de".
No generated misspelling entries exist for que in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "qui", "quem", "quer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is que, spelled Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1quanto, quão grande, qual de
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "que", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.