mel
/mɛl/noun
mel is spelled M-E-L: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 6.3 times per million words in written English, the 9,594th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mel means “A unit of pitch on a scale of pitches perceived by listeners to be equally spaced from one another” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mel is mels.
How many letters and syllables are in mel?
| Letters | 3: M-E-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.3 times per million words; the 9,594th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is mel?
Mel appears 6.3 times per million words in written English, the 9,594th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce mel?
- /mɛl/
Mel has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-mel.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with mel
Sounds like: mell (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with mel?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as mel.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: elm.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of mel
- mels plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mel mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A unit of pitch on a scale of pitches perceived by listeners to be equally spaced from one another.
- 2
Honey, when used as an ingredient in cosmetic products.
noun
- 1
Initialism of minimum/minimal equipment list. The list of the minimum of operational equipment allowed for continued operation of the device equipping the equipment; by extension, the set of such equipment.
- 2
Abbreviation of miscellaneous equipment load.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does mel come from?
Shortening of melody.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).