Which to use
“MDMA” and “mem” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,404
- “MDMA” frequency rank
- #32,499
- “mem” frequency rank
- 67903
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | MDMA | mem |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, a synthetic entactogen of the methylenedioxyphenethylamine family. | The thirteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). |
Letter map: MDMA vs mem
Shared letters muted; letters that set MDMA and mem apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Pair insight - MDMA / mem
MDMA and mem are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67903, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
MDMA is recorded at frequency rank #35,404, classified as anoun. mem is at rank #32,499, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mɛm/.
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 67903, this pair ranks #61,290 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of MDMA vs mem
Shared letters: m. Private to "MDMA": ad. Private to "mem": e.
"MDMA" · 4 letters · shape CCCV · "mem" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- MDMA ← dmma · mdam · mddma · mdmma · mmda · mmdma
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've compared "MDMA" and "mem". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "MDMA" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mem" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #61,290 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "MDMA" and "mem" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "MDMA vs MPAA". 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 #61,290 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.