# meld vs mess

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### mess
*noun · IPA /mɛs/ · frequency rank #2,631*
a thing or group of things in a disagreeable, disorganised, or dirty state; hence a bad situation

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