# meld vs meme

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### meld
*verb · IPA /mɛld/ · frequency rank #40,795*
To combine (multiple things) together; to blend, to fuse.

### meme
*noun · IPA /miːm/ · frequency rank #8,170*
Any unit of (originally cultural) information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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