Which to use
“masquer” is a verb and “mosquée” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,210
- “masquer” frequency rank
- #5,893
- “mosquée” frequency rank
- 19103
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | masquer | mosquée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mettre un masque à quelqu’un. | Édifice où les musulmans s’assemblent pour la prière. |
Where the eye mixes masquer and mosquée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between masquer and mosquée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: masquer is \mas.ke\ while mosquée is \mɔs.ke\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19103, 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\. mosquée is at rank #5,893, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɔs.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 19103, this pair ranks #375,000 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of masquer vs mosquée
Shared letters: emqsu. Private to "masquer": ar. Private to "mosquée": oé.
"masquer" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "mosquée" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- masquer ← amsquer · maqsuer · masqeur · masqquer · masquerr · masqure · massquer · masuqer
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "masquer" for "mosquée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "masquer" vs "mosquée" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "masquer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mosquée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #375,000 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "masquer" and "mosquée" 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 #375,000 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.