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

#49,802
“moquée” frequency rank
#18,258
“moquent” frequency rank
68060
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes moquée and moquent

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. moquée runs 6 letters (CVCVVV) against moquent's 7 (CVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
moquée
7 ch
moquent

Look-alike desk: moquée vs moquent

A purely visual mix-up. moquée (\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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68060, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

moquée is recorded at frequency rank #49,802, 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 68060, this pair ranks #60,769 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of moquée vs moquent

Shared letters: emoqu. Private to "moquée": é. Private to "moquent": nt.

"moquée" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV  ·  "moquent" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • moquent ← mmoquent · moqeunt · moqquent · moquennt · moquentt · moquetn · moqunet · mouqent

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "moquée" 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.
In ordinary French text, does "moquée" or "moquent" show up more?
"moquent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,258 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "moquée" 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 #60,769 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "moquée" and "moquent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moquée vs moqués". 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 #60,769 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