Which to use
“moqué” and “moquer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,337
- “moqué” frequency rank
- #9,351
- “moquer” frequency rank
- 31688
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | moqué | moquer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de moquer. | Se railler de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose, en rire, en faire un sujet de plaisanterie ou de dérision. |
Same sound, different letters: moqué vs moquer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - moqué / moquer
This is the hard kind. moqué and moquer 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31688, 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\. moquer is at rank #9,351, 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 31688, this pair ranks #302,208 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of moqué vs moquer
Shared letters: moqu. Private to "moqué": é. Private to "moquer": er.
"moqué" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "moquer" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- moquer ← mmoquer · moqeur · moqquer · moquerr · moqure · mouqer · mqouer · omquer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "moqué" and "moquer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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After this comparison
"moqué" and "moquer" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "moqué" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "moquer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #302,208 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "moqué" and "moquer" 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 #302,208 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.