Which to use
“moqué” and “moqués” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,337
- “moqué” frequency rank
- #48,055
- “moqués” frequency rank
- 70392
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | moqué | moqués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de moquer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de moquer. |
Same sound, different letters: moqué vs moqués
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. moqué runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against moqués's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - moqué and moqués
This is the hard kind. moqué and moqués 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 “moqués”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70392, 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\. moqués is at rank #48,055, 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 70392, this pair ranks #51,466 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of moqué vs moqués
Shared letters: moqué. Private to "moqué": -. Private to "moqués": s.
"moqué" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "moqués" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "moqué" and "moqués" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "moqué" or "moqués" show up more?
What to do next
"moqué" and "moqués" 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 "moqués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #51,466 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "moqué" and "moqués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moquée vs moqués". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #51,466 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.