Which to use
“masquer” and “moquer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,210
- “masquer” frequency rank
- #9,351
- “moquer” frequency rank
- 22561
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | masquer | moquer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mettre un masque à quelqu’un. | Se railler de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose, en rire, en faire un sujet de plaisanterie ou de dérision. |
Where the eye mixes masquer and moquer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between masquer and moquer
A purely visual mix-up. masquer (\mas.ke\) and moquer (\mɔ.ke\) 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 22561, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
masquer is recorded at frequency rank #13,210, classified as averb, pronounced \mas.ke\. moquer is at rank #9,351, tagged as averb, pronounced \mɔ.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 22561, this pair ranks #357,324 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of masquer vs moquer
Shared letters: emqru. Private to "masquer": as. Private to "moquer": o.
"masquer" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "moquer" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "masquer" for "moquer" ever safe?
Frequency check: "masquer" vs "moquer" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "masquer" and "moquer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "masquer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "moquer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #357,324 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "masquer" and "moquer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "masquent vs masquer". 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 #357,324 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.