moqueur

\mɔ.kœʁ\

/\mɔ.kœʁ\/ adj

The verdict

“moqueur” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,402. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,402
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui se moque ; qui raille ; qui a l’habitude de se moquer ou de railler.

Corpus desk

Index FR-moqueur · moqueur · French

moqueur · rank #25,402 · 9 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,402
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH monégasque

Nearest frequency peer: monégasque (-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 « moqueur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « moqueur » 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).

moqueur vs moteur
71% similar
moqueur vs moquez
71% similar
moqueur vs moqué
57% similar

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

Key facts for moqueur
PropertyValue
Headwordmoqueur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mɔ.kœʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#25,402
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « moqueur »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).moqueurse 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 « monégasque » (#25,401), « moratoire » (#25,403), « modifient » (#25,400). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « moqueur » est au #25,402. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around moqueur (IPA \mɔ.kœʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #25,402 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui se moque ; qui raille ; qui a l’habitude de se moquer ou de railler.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for moqueur, with forms such as "mmoqueur", "moqeuur", and "moqqueur". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "moteur", "moquez", "moqué", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is moqueur, spelled M-O-Q-U-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui se moque ; qui raille ; qui a l’habitude de se moquer ou de railler.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le vieillard épiait d'un œil plus curieux que moqueur les signes d'impatience et de crainte qui se jouaient sur le charmant visage de sa compagne, ….
  2. Il faut croire que le Père de Ragon était peu soucieux de livrer aux moqueuses oreilles de Chiffon les confidences de celles qu'elle appelait si irrévérencieusement « les grenouilles de bénitier », car subitement il se ravisa, disant, comme s'il n'avait rien entendu : […].

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmoqueur
  • moqeuur
  • moqqueur
  • moqueru
  • moqueurr
  • moquuer
  • mouqeur
  • mqoueur
  • omqueur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

mmoqueur1moqeuur2moqqueur1moqueru2moqueurr1moquuer2mouqeur2mqoueur2
Edit distance from "moqueur"

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 "moqueur"?
"moqueur" is spelled M-O-Q-U-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \mɔ.kœʁ\.
What does "moqueur" mean?
As an adjective, "moqueur" means: Qui se moque ; qui raille ; qui a l’habitude de se moquer ou de railler.
What words are commonly confused with "moqueur"?
"moqueur" is commonly confused with "moteur", "moquez", "moqué". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "moqueur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "moqueur" is \mɔ.kœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "moqueur" come from?
"moqueur" 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 "moqueur", 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