moquévsmoquéeConfusable pair

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.

5 ch
moqué
6 ch
moquée

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?
No. They are pronounced the same (\mɔ.ke\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "moqué" vs "moquée" - which ranks higher?
"moqué" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,337 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.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list