queque

/ˈkɛ.kɨ/

//ˈkɛ.kɨ// noun

The verdict

“queque” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #85,019 among 129 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,019
frequency rank, Portuguese
129
“Q” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bolo de manteiga, açucar e ovos semelhante ao pão-de-ló

Corpus desk

Index PT-queque · queque · Portuguese

queque · rank #85,019 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,019
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 129
  • PHOTO-FINISH rafeiro

Nearest frequency peer: rafeiro (+4 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “queque”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “queque” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for queque
PropertyValue
Headwordqueque
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈkɛ.kɨ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#85,019
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “queque” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).quequecai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “rafeiro” (#85,023), “procedure” (#85,004), “pornography” (#84,996). Entre 129 lemas com “Q”, “queque” fica em #85,019. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

queque is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #85,019 among 129 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɛ.kɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for queque, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is queque, spelled Q-U-E-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    bolo de manteiga, açucar e ovos semelhante ao pão-de-ló
  2. 2
    mãe-benta

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "queque"?
"queque" is spelled Q-U-E-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈkɛ.kɨ/.
What does "queque" mean?
As a noun, "queque" means: bolo de manteiga, açucar e ovos semelhante ao pão-de-ló
How do you pronounce "queque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "queque" is /ˈkɛ.kɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "queque" come from?
"queque" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "queque", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list