Which to use
“moquée” is a verb and “moquette” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,802
- “moquée” frequency rank
- #21,695
- “moquette” frequency rank
- 71497
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | moquée | moquette |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de moquer. | Étoffe à chaîne et à trame de fil, veloutée en laine, dont on fait des tapis. |
Where the eye mixes moquée and moquette
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses moquée with moquette
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: moquée is \mɔ.ke\ while moquette is \mɔ.kɛt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71497, 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\. moquette is at rank #21,695, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɔ.kɛt\.
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 71497, this pair ranks #47,367 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of moquée vs moquette
Shared letters: emoqu. Private to "moquée": é. Private to "moquette": t.
"moquée" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV · "moquette" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- moquette ← mmoquette · moqeutte · moqquette · moquete · moquetet · moqutete · mouqette · mqouette
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "moquée" for "moquette" ever safe?
Frequency check: "moquée" vs "moquette" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "moquée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "moquette" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #47,367 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "moquée" and "moquette" 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 #47,367 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.