choquéevschoquerTell them apart

Quick tell: choquée is a noun, choquer is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“choquée” is a noun and “choquer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,572
“choquée” frequency rank
#14,222
“choquer” frequency rank
30794
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature choquée choquer
Definition Une personne choquée. Donner un choc, heurter.

Same sound, different letters: choquée vs choquer

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. choquée (CCVCVVV) and choquer (CCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
choquée
7 ch
choquer

Homophone desk: choquée vs choquer

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: choquée and choquer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ʃɔ.ke\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30794, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

choquée is recorded at frequency rank #16,572, classified as anoun, pronounced \ʃɔ.ke\. choquer is at rank #14,222, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʃɔ.ke\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 30794, this pair ranks #307,944 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of choquée vs choquer

Shared letters: cehoqu. Private to "choquée": é. Private to "choquer": r.

"choquée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVV  ·  "choquer" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • choquer ← cchoquer · chhoquer · choqeur · choqquer · choquerr · choqure · chouqer · chqouer

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "choquée" and "choquer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "choquée" is a noun and "choquer" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "choquée" vs "choquer" - which ranks higher?
"choquer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,222 in our French list, against #16,572 for "choquée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "choquée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "choquer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #307,944 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "choquée" and "choquer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "choquée vs claquée". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #307,944 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list