Which to use
“moqués” and “moquez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,055
- “moqués” frequency rank
- #34,199
- “moquez” frequency rank
- 82254
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | moqués | moquez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de moquer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de moquer. |
Same sound, different letters: moqués vs moquez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - moqués and moquez
This is the hard kind. moqués 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82254, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
moqués is recorded at frequency rank #48,055, 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 82254, this pair ranks #17,082 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of moqués vs moquez
Shared letters: moqu. Private to "moqués": sé. Private to "moquez": ez.
"moqués" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "moquez" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- moquez ← mmoquez · moqeuz · moqquez · moquezz · moquze · mouqez · mqouez · omquez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "moqués" for "moquez" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "moqués" or "moquez" show up more?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "moqués" 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 #17,082 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "moqués" and "moquez" 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 #17,082 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.