moquer

/\mɔ.ke\/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,351

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

moquer is aFrenchverb. It means: Se railler de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose, en rire, en faire un sujet de plaisanterie ou de dérision. Pronounced \mɔ.ke\. It ranks #9,351 in French word frequency. Often confused with moue and muer.

Key facts for moquer
PropertyValue
Headwordmoquer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\mɔ.ke\
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,351
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of moquer in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for moquer is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɔ.ke\. Corpus data places it at rank #9,351 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for moquer, with forms such as "mmoquer", "moqeur", and "moqquer". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "moue", "muer", "morue", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is moquer, spelled M-O-Q-U-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se railler de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose, en rire, en faire un sujet de plaisanterie ou de dérision.
  2. 2
    Mépriser, braver, témoigner son dédain.
  3. 3
    Ne pas parler, ne pas agir sérieusement.
  4. 4
    Traiter avec trop de cérémonie, pousser trop loin la politesse.
  5. 5
    Tourner en ridicule.
  6. 6
    (s'en moquer) pas s'intéresser de

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmoquer,moqeur,moqquer,moquerr,moqure,mouqer,mqouer,omquer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for moquer

Misspelling Variants of "moquer"

mmoquer7moqeur6moqquer7moquerr7moqure6mouqer6mqouer6omquer6
Misspelling Variants of "moquer"

Frequency rank: #9,351 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "moquer"?
"moquer" is spelled M-O-Q-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ.ke\.
What does "moquer" mean?
As a verb, "moquer" means: Se railler de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose, en rire, en faire un sujet de plaisanterie ou de dérision.
What words are commonly confused with "moquer"?
"moquer" is commonly confused with "moue", "muer", "morue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "moquer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "moquer" is \mɔ.ke\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "moquer" come from?
"moquer" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.