Which to use
“maquettes” and “moquette” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,387
- “maquettes” frequency rank
- #21,695
- “moquette” frequency rank
- 43082
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | maquettes | moquette |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de maquette. | Étoffe à chaîne et à trame de fil, veloutée en laine, dont on fait des tapis. |
Where the eye mixes maquettes and moquette
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. maquettes runs 9 letters (CVCVVCCVC) against moquette's 8 (CVCVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses maquettes with moquette
A purely visual mix-up. maquettes (\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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43082, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
maquettes is recorded at frequency rank #21,387, 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 43082, this pair ranks #220,758 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of maquettes vs moquette
Shared letters: emqtu. Private to "maquettes": as. Private to "moquette": o.
"maquettes" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC · "moquette" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "maquettes" and "moquette" be used interchangeably?
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "maquettes" and "moquette" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "maquettes" 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 #220,758 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "maquettes" 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 #220,758 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.