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“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.

6 ch
moqués
6 ch
moquez

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": . Private to "moquez": ez.

"moqués" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC  ·  "moquez" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • moquezmmoquez · moqeuz · moqquez · moquezz · moquze · mouqez · mqouez · omquez

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "moqués" for "moquez" ever safe?
No. They are pronounced the same (\mɔ.ke\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
In ordinary French text, does "moqués" or "moquez" show up more?
"moquez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,199 in our French list, against #48,055 for "moqués". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list