# mech vs mem

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### mech
*noun · IPA /mɛk/ · frequency rank #25,471*
A large piloted combat robot.

### mem
*noun · IPA /mɛm/ · frequency rank #32,499*
The thirteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mech-vs-mem