moquent

\mɔk\

/\mɔk\/ verb

The verdict

“moquent” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,258. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,258
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-moquent · moquent · French

moquent · rank #18,258 · 10 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,258
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mind

Nearest frequency peer: mind (-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 « moquent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « moquent » 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).

moquent vs mount
71% similar
moquent vs moquer
71% similar
moquent vs moquez
71% similar

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

Key facts for moquent
PropertyValue
Headwordmoquent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\mɔk\
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,258
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « moquent »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).moquentse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mind » (#18,257), « moraux » (#18,259), « mesurant » (#18,256). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « moquent » est au #18,258. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around moquent (IPA \mɔk\), averb. Corpus frequency is #18,258 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for moquent, with forms such as "mmoquent", "moqeunt", and "moqquent". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "mount", "moquer", "moquez", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is moquent, spelled M-O-Q-U-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de moquer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de moquer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Votre pièce ne vaut rien, votre discours est une extravagance, tous ces messieurs se moquent de vous ; sortez d’ici, et retournez vicariser dans votre village.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmoquent
  • moqeunt
  • moqquent
  • moquennt
  • moquentt
  • moquetn
  • moqunet
  • mouqent
  • mqouent
  • omquent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of moquent - 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.

mmoquent1moqeunt2moqquent1moquennt1moquentt1moquetn2moqunet2mouqent2
Edit distance from "moquent"

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 "moquent"?
"moquent" is spelled M-O-Q-U-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔk\.
What does "moquent" mean?
As a verb, "moquent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de moquer.
What words are commonly confused with "moquent"?
"moquent" is commonly confused with "mount", "moquer", "moquez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "moquent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "moquent" is \mɔk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "moquent" come from?
"moquent" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "moquent", 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