Which to use
“moqué” and “moquée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,337
- “moqué” frequency rank
- #49,802
- “moquée” frequency rank
- 72139
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | moqué | moquée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de moquer. | Participe passé féminin singulier de moquer. |
Same sound, different letters: moqué vs moquée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. moqué runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against moquée's 6 (CVCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: moqué vs moquée
This is the hard kind. moqué and moquée are pronounced identically (\mɔ.ke\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “moqué” sits inside “moquée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72139, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
moqué is recorded at frequency rank #22,337, classified as averb, pronounced \mɔ.ke\. 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 72139, this pair ranks #45,064 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of moqué vs moquée
Shared letters: moqué. Private to "moqué": -. Private to "moquée": e.
"moqué" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "moquée" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "moqué" and "moquée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "moqué" vs "moquée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "moqué" 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 #45,064 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "moqué" and "moquée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moquée vs moqués". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #45,064 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.