moquait

\mɔ.kɛ\

/\mɔ.kɛ\/ verb

The verdict

“moquait” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,656. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,656
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de moquer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-moquait · moquait · French

moquait · rank #28,656 · 9 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,656
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH monoxyde

Nearest frequency peer: monoxyde (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « moquait »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « moquait » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

moquait vs mouais
71% similar
moquait vs moquent
71% similar
moquait vs mourait
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for moquait
PropertyValue
Headwordmoquait
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\mɔ.kɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#28,656
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « moquait »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).moquaitse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « monoxyde » (#28,655), « mol » (#28,654), « Morvan » (#28,658). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « moquait » est au #28,656. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around moquait (IPA \mɔ.kɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #28,656 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de moquer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for moquait, with forms such as "mmoquait", "moqauit", and "moqquait". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "mouais", "moquent", "mourait", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is moquait, spelled M-O-Q-U-A-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de moquer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how moquait appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. En ce temps-là, on se moquait un peu de cette corporation des petites sténos-dactylos qui tapaient à longueur de journée avec tous leurs petits doigts !

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmoquait
  • moqauit
  • moqquait
  • moquaitt
  • moquati
  • moquiat
  • mouqait
  • mqouait
  • omquait

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of moquait - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

mmoquait1moqauit2moqquait1moquaitt1moquati2moquiat2mouqait2mqouait2
Edit distance from "moquait"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "moquait"?
"moquait" is spelled M-O-Q-U-A-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ.kɛ\.
What does "moquait" mean?
As a verb, "moquait" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de moquer.
What words are commonly confused with "moquait"?
"moquait" is commonly confused with "mouais", "moquent", "mourait". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "moquait"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "moquait" is \mɔ.kɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "moquait" come from?
"moquait" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "moquait", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list