Which to use
“moquée” and “moquer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,802
- “moquée” frequency rank
- #9,351
- “moquer” frequency rank
- 59153
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | moquée | moquer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin 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: moquée vs moquer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - moquée / moquer
This is the hard kind. moquée 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59153, 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\. 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 59153, this pair ranks #104,753 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of moquée vs moquer
Shared letters: emoqu. Private to "moquée": é. Private to "moquer": r.
"moquée" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV · "moquer" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- moquer ← mmoquer · moqeur · moqquer · moquerr · moqure · mouqer · mqouer · omquer
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "moquée" and "moquer" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "moquée" or "moquer" show up more?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "moquée" / "moquer". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "moquée" 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 #104,753 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "moquée" and "moquer" 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 #104,753 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.