Which to use
“maquette” and “moquette” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,434
- “maquette” frequency rank
- #21,695
- “moquette” frequency rank
- 37129
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | maquette | moquette |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Modèle réduit d’un ouvrage d’art, esquisse d’ensemble (d’un panneau décoratif, par exemple). | Étoffe à chaîne et à trame de fil, veloutée en laine, dont on fait des tapis. |
Where the eye mixes maquette and moquette
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. maquette and moquette follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: maquette vs moquette
A purely visual mix-up. maquette (\ma.kɛt\) and moquette (\mɔ.kɛt\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - a in “maquette” becomes o in “moquette”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37129, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
maquette is recorded at frequency rank #15,434, classified as anoun, pronounced \ma.kɛt\. moquette is at rank #21,695, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɔ.kɛt\.
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 37129, this pair ranks #264,679 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of maquette vs moquette
Shared letters: emqtu. Private to "maquette": a. Private to "moquette": o.
"maquette" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV · "moquette" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "maquette" and "moquette" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "maquette" or "moquette"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "maquette" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "moquette" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #264,679 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "maquette" and "moquette" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moquée vs moquette". 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 #264,679 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.