moquévsmoquentWhat's the difference?

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“moqué” and “moquent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#22,337
“moqué” frequency rank
#18,258
“moquent” frequency rank
40595
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature moqué moquent
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier de moquer. Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de moquer.

Where the eye mixes moqué and moquent

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

5 ch
moqué
7 ch
moquent

Look-alike desk: moqué vs moquent

A purely visual mix-up. moqué (\mɔ.ke\) and moquent (\mɔk\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40595, 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\. moquent is at rank #18,258, tagged as averb, pronounced \mɔk\.

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 40595, this pair ranks #239,353 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of moqué vs moquent

Shared letters: moqu. Private to "moqué": é. Private to "moquent": ent.

"moqué" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "moquent" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • moquentmmoquent · moqeunt · moqquent · moquennt · moquentt · moquetn · moqunet · mouqent

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "moqué" and "moquent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\mɔ.ke\ versus \mɔk\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "moqué" vs "moquent" - which ranks higher?
"moquent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,258 in our French list, against #22,337 for "moqué". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "moqué" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "moquent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #239,353 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "moqué" and "moquent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moqué vs moquée". 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 #239,353 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