queenvsqueresTell them apart

Quick tell: queen is a noun, queres is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“queen” is a noun and “queres” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,567
“queen” frequency rank
#5,339
“queres” frequency rank
12906
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature queen queres
Definition rainha segunda pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo querer

Letter map: queen vs queres

Shared letters muted; letters that set queen and queres apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
queen
6 ch
queres

Role in the sentence - queen and queres

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: queen is anoun and queresaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12906, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

queen is recorded at frequency rank #7,567, classified as anoun, pronounced /kwiːn/ ouvir^(fonte ?). queres is at rank #5,339, tagged as averb.

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 12906, this pair ranks #59,555 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of queen vs queres

Shared letters: equ. Private to "queen": n. Private to "queres": rs.

"queen" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC  ·  "queres" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • queenqeuen · qqueen · queenn · quen · quene · uqeen
  • queresqeures · qqueres · queers · queress · querres · querse · qurees · uqeres

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "queen" and "queres" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "queen" is a noun and "queres" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "queen" or "queres"?
"queres" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,339 in our Portuguese list, against #7,567 for "queen". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "queen" and "queres".

  • Full dictionary entry for "queen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "queres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #59,555 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "queen" and "queres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "queen vs quiet". 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 #59,555 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