Which to use
“que” is an adverb and “quer” is a conjunction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4
- “que” frequency rank
- #129
- “quer” frequency rank
- 133
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | que | quer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | quanto, quão grande, qual de | ou |
Letter map: que vs quer
Shared letters muted; letters that set que and quer apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for que / quer
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: que is anadverb and queraconjunction. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “que” sits inside “quer”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 133, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
que is recorded at frequency rank #4, classified as anadv, pronounced /ˈkɨ/. quer is at rank #129, tagged as aconj.
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 133, this pair ranks #75,526 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of que vs quer
Shared letters: equ. Private to "que": -. Private to "quer": r.
"que" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "quer" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- quer ← qeur · qquer · querr · qure · uqer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "que" and "quer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "que" vs "quer" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "que" and "quer".
- Full dictionary entry for "que" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "quer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #75,526 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "que" and "quer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "quer 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 #75,526 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.