Which to use
“moquer” and “moquez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,351
- “moquer” frequency rank
- #34,199
- “moquez” frequency rank
- 43550
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | moquer | moquez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Se railler de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose, en rire, en faire un sujet de plaisanterie ou de dérision. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de moquer. |
Same sound, different letters: moquer vs moquez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - moquer and moquez
This is the hard kind. moquer and moquez 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 a single letter - r in “moquer” becomes z in “moquez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43550, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
moquer is recorded at frequency rank #9,351, classified as averb, pronounced \mɔ.ke\. moquez is at rank #34,199, 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 43550, this pair ranks #217,210 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of moquer vs moquez
Shared letters: emoqu. Private to "moquer": r. Private to "moquez": z.
"moquer" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "moquez" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "moquer" and "moquez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "moquer" or "moquez" show up more?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "moquer" / "moquez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "moquer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "moquez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #217,210 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "moquer" and "moquez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moquée vs moquez". 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 #217,210 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.