offusque vs offusquer, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“offusque” and “offusquer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#41,938
“offusque” frequency rank: #46,928
“offusquer” frequency rank: 88866
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	offusque	offusquer
Definition	Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de offusquer.	Empêcher d’être vu.

Where the eye mixes offusque and offusquer

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

8 ch

offusque

9 ch

offusquer

Look-alike desk: offusque vs offusquer

A purely visual mix-up. offusque (\ɔ.fysk\) and offusquer (\ɔ.fys.ke\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “offusque” sits inside “offusquer”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88866, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

offusque is recorded at frequency rank #41,938, classified as averb, pronounced \ɔ.fysk\. offusquer is at rank #46,928, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɔ.fys.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 88866, this pair ranks #6,440 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of offusque vs offusquer

Shared letters: efoqsu. Private to "offusque": -. Private to "offusquer": r.

"offusque" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "offusquer" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

offusque ← fofusque · offsuque · offuqsue · offusqeu · offusqque · offussque · offusuqe · ofufsque
offusquer ← fofusquer · offsuquer · offuqsuer · offusqeur · offusqquer · offusquerr · offusqure · offussquer

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "offusque" for "offusquer" ever safe?

No. They are said differently (\ɔ.fysk\ versus \ɔ.fys.ke\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Frequency check: "offusque" vs "offusquer" - which ranks higher?

"offusque" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #41,938 in our French list, against #46,928 for "offusquer". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "offusque" and "offusquer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

Full dictionary entry for "offusque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "offusquer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #6,440 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
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 #6,440 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.