melas
noun
melas is spelled M-E-L-A-S: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, melas means “Synonym of melasma” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in melas?
| Letters | 5: M-E-L-A-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 101,613th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 melas?
Melas appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th 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).
What rhymes with melas?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as melas.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: lames, semla.
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).
What does melas mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteSynonym of leprosy, particularly contagious forms causing dark spots on the skin.
- 2
Synonym of melasma.
- 3
plural of mela
noun
- 1
Acronym of mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (“a condition, caused by malfunctioning mitochondria, that causes encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and events similar to strokes”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does melas come from?
From Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, “black”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).