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.
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?
Frequency check: "choquée" vs "choquer" - which ranks higher?
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.