modulevsmoquéeConfusable pair

Quick tell: module is a noun, moquée is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“module” is a noun and “moquée” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,275
“module” frequency rank
#49,802
“moquée” frequency rank
58077
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature module moquée
Definition Mesure arbitraire servant à établir les rapports de proportion entre toutes les parties d’un ouvrage d’architecture. Participe passé féminin singulier de moquer.

Where the eye mixes module and moquée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
module
6 ch
moquée

Why the eye confuses module with moquée

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: module is \mo.dyl\ while moquée is \mɔ.ke\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58077, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

module is recorded at frequency rank #8,275, classified as anoun, pronounced \mo.dyl\. moquée is at rank #49,802, 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 58077, this pair ranks #111,175 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of module vs moquée

Shared letters: emou. Private to "module": dl. Private to "moquée": .

"module" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "moquée" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • modulemdoule · mmodule · moddule · modlue · moduel · modulle · moudle · omdule

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "module" for "moquée" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "module" is a noun and "moquée" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "module" or "moquée" show up more?
"module" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,275 in our French list, against #49,802 for "moquée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "module" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "moquée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #111,175 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "module" and "moquée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moquée vs moqués". 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 #111,175 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list