Which to use
“masquée” is an adjective and “masquer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,345
- “masquée” frequency rank
- #13,210
- “masquer” frequency rank
- 46555
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | masquée | masquer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de masqué. | Mettre un masque à quelqu’un. |
Same sound, different letters: masquée vs masquer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. masquée (CVCCVVV) and masquer (CVCCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: masquée vs masquer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: masquée and masquer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \mas.ke\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, 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 46555, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
masquée is recorded at frequency rank #33,345, classified as anadj, pronounced \mas.ke\. masquer is at rank #13,210, tagged as averb, pronounced \mas.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 46555, this pair ranks #193,994 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of masquée vs masquer
Shared letters: aemqsu. Private to "masquée": é. Private to "masquer": r.
"masquée" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV · "masquer" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- masquer ← amsquer · maqsuer · masqeur · masqquer · masquerr · masqure · massquer · masuqer
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "masquée" and "masquer" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "masquée" or "masquer" show up more?
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 "masquée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "masquer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #193,994 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "masquée" and "masquer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "masquée vs moquée". 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 #193,994 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.