Which to use
“daqui” is a contraction and “duque” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #644
- “daqui” frequency rank
- #7,145
- “duque” frequency rank
- 7789
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | daqui | duque |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | contração da preposição de com o advérbio de lugar aqui: | título nobiliárquico do governante de um ducado |
Letter map: daqui vs duque
Shared letters muted; letters that set daqui and duque apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for daqui / duque
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: daqui is acontraction and duqueanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7789, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
daqui is recorded at frequency rank #644, classified as acontraction. duque is at rank #7,145, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈdu.kɨ/.
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 7789, this pair ranks #66,258 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of daqui vs duque
Shared letters: dqu. Private to "daqui": ai. Private to "duque": e.
"daqui" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "duque" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "daqui" and "duque" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "daqui" or "duque" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "daqui" and "duque".
- Full dictionary entry for "daqui" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "duque" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #66,258 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "daqui" and "duque" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dublê vs duque". 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 #66,258 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.