Which to use
“melon” and “melton” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,138
- “melon” frequency rank
- #32,498
- “melton” frequency rank
- 51636
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | melon | melton |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber. | A tough, short-napped material used for making overcoats. |
Where the eye mixes melon and melton
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between melon and melton
A purely visual mix-up. melon (/ˈmɛlən/) and melton (/ˈmɛlt(ə)n/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51636, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
melon is recorded at frequency rank #19,138, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈmɛlən/. melton is at rank #32,498, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmɛlt(ə)n/.
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 51636, this pair ranks #163,821 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of melon vs melton
Shared letters: elmno. Private to "melon": -. Private to "melton": t.
"melon" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "melton" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "melon" for "melton" ever safe?
Frequency check: "melon" vs "melton" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "melon" and "melton" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "melon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "melton" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #163,821 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "melon" and "melton" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Mello vs melton". 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 #163,821 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.