Which to use
“quand” is an adverb and “quina” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,697
- “quand” frequency rank
- #31,934
- “quina” frequency rank
- 62631
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | quand | quina |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | quando | ângulo, aresta, esquina |
Where the eye mixes quand and quina
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: quand vs quina
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: quand is /kɑ̃/ while quina is /ˈki.nɐ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adverb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62631, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
quand is recorded at frequency rank #30,697, classified as anadv, pronounced /kɑ̃/. quina is at rank #31,934, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈki.nɐ/.
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 62631, this pair ranks #6,568 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of quand vs quina
Shared letters: anqu. Private to "quand": d. Private to "quina": i.
"quand" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "quina" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "quand" and "quina" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "quand" or "quina" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "quand" and "quina" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "quand" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quina" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #6,568 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "quand" and "quina" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quina vs quit". 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 #6,568 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.