Which to use
“moquerie” and “moquette” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,353
- “moquerie” frequency rank
- #21,695
- “moquette” frequency rank
- 55048
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | moquerie | moquette |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de se moquer. | Étoffe à chaîne et à trame de fil, veloutée en laine, dont on fait des tapis. |
Where the eye mixes moquerie and moquette
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. moquerie (CVCVVCVV) and moquette (CVCVVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: moquerie vs moquette
A purely visual mix-up. moquerie (\mɔ.kʁi\) and moquette (\mɔ.kɛt\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55048, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
moquerie is recorded at frequency rank #33,353, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɔ.kʁi\. 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 55048, this pair ranks #129,998 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of moquerie vs moquette
Shared letters: emoqu. Private to "moquerie": ir. Private to "moquette": t.
"moquerie" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVV · "moquette" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "moquerie" and "moquette" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "moquerie" vs "moquette" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "moquerie" and "moquette" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "moquerie" 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 #129,998 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "moquerie" and "moquette" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moquée vs moquerie". 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 #129,998 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.