Use in English
In English the digraph ⟨qu⟩ most often denotes the cluster /kw/, except in borrowings from French where it represents /k/ as in plaque. See list of English words containing Q not followed by U. Q is the second most rarely used letter in the English alphabet. In script written English, the capital Q is very close in appearance to a 2, and many people use the print Q instead. Q is the second least common letter in the English Language, with a frequency of just 0.09% in words. It is more frequent than Z, however.
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