moquant

\mɔ.kɑ̃\

/\mɔ.kɑ̃\/ verb

The verdict

“moquant” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,055. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,055
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de moquer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-moquant · moquant · French

moquant · rank #36,055 · 10 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,055
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Montélimar

Nearest frequency peer: Montélimar (-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 « moquant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « moquant » 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).

moquant vs mount
71% similar
moquant vs mourant
71% similar
moquant vs moquent
86% similar

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

Key facts for moquant
PropertyValue
Headwordmoquant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\mɔ.kɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#36,055
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « moquant »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Montélimar » (#36,054), « morphologique » (#36,056), « monotonie » (#36,053). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « moquant » est au #36,055. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around moquant (IPA \mɔ.kɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #36,055 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent de moquer.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for moquant, with forms such as "mmoquant", "moqaunt", and "moqquant". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "mount", "mourant", "moquent", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is moquant, spelled M-O-Q-U-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe présent de moquer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ce gentilhomme, cadet d’un cadet, vivait sur le bien de sa femme, petite terre située près de Barbezieux, qu’il exploitait à merveille en allant vendre son blé au marché, brûlant lui-même son vin, et se moquant des railleries pourvu qu’il entassât des écus, et que de temps en temps il pût amplifier son domaine.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmoquant
  • moqaunt
  • moqquant
  • moquannt
  • moquantt
  • moquatn
  • moqunat
  • mouqant
  • mqouant
  • omquant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of moquant - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

mmoquant1moqaunt2moqquant1moquannt1moquantt1moquatn2moqunat2mouqant2
Edit distance from "moquant"

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 "moquant"?
"moquant" is spelled M-O-Q-U-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ.kɑ̃\.
What does "moquant" mean?
As a verb, "moquant" means: Participe présent de moquer.
What words are commonly confused with "moquant"?
"moquant" is commonly confused with "mount", "mourant", "moquent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "moquant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "moquant" is \mɔ.kɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "moquant" come from?
"moquant" 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 "moquant", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list