# melon vs melons

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### melon
*noun · IPA /ˈmɛlən/ · frequency rank #19,138*
Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.

### melons
*noun · IPA /ˈmɛlənz/ · frequency rank #32,497*
plural of melon

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