quedavsquerConfusable pair

Quick tell: queda is a noun, quer is a conjunction, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“queda” is a noun and “quer” is a conjunction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,623
“queda” frequency rank
#129
“quer” frequency rank
1752
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature queda quer
Definition o fato de cair, tombo ou

Letter map: queda vs quer

Shared letters muted; letters that set queda and quer apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
queda
4 ch
quer

Role in the sentence - queda and quer

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: queda is anoun and queraconjunction. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1752, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

queda is recorded at frequency rank #1,623, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɛ.dɐ/. 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 1752, this pair ranks #73,755 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of queda vs quer

Shared letters: equ. Private to "queda": ad. Private to "quer": r.

"queda" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "quer" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • quedaqeuda · qqueda · qudea · quead · quedda · uqeda
  • querqeur · qquer · querr · qure · uqer

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "queda" for "quer" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "queda" is a noun and "quer" a conjunction, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "queda" or "quer"?
"quer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #129 in our Portuguese list, against #1,623 for "queda". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

You've compared "queda" and "quer". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "queda" 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 #73,755 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "queda" 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 #73,755 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list