mele
/ˈmeɪleɪ/
"mele" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mele” is uncommon English (frequency #69,240 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,240
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A chant in Polynesia, especially Hawaii, typically in praise of a leader or to commemorate some significant event.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mele · mele · English
mele · rank #69,240 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,240
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,575
- PHOTO-FINISH Melaka
Nearest frequency peer: Melaka (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “mele”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Maytag
Maytag
30,766 corpus weight
- MBR
MBR
30,765 corpus weight
- meester
meester
30,763 corpus weight
- Melaka
Melaka
30,762 corpus weight
- mele
mele
30,761 corpus weight
- meron
meron
30,757 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “mele” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mele |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmeɪleɪ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #69,240 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mele” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mele is uncommon English at frequency #69,240 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmeɪleɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A chant in Polynesia, especially Hawaii, typically in praise of a leader or to commemorate some significant event.".
mele doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hawaiian mele. The correct English form is mele, spelled M-E-L-E.
Definition
- 1A chant in Polynesia, especially Hawaii, typically in praise of a leader or to commemorate some significant event.
Etymology
From Hawaiian mele.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mele", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.