mellon
/ˈmɛlɒn/
"mellon" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mellon” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #22,152. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,152
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The result of heptazine being polymerized with the tri-s-triazine units linked through an amine (NH) link.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mellon · mellon · English
mellon · rank #22,152 · 6 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,152
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH medial
Nearest frequency peer: medial (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “mellon”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Matty
Matty
77,852 corpus weight
- Mauritius
Mauritius
77,851 corpus weight
- medial
medial
77,850 corpus weight
- mellon
mellon
77,849 corpus weight
- mercantile
mercantile
77,848 corpus weight
- migratory
migratory
77,847 corpus weight
What this shows “mellon” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mellon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɛlɒn/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #22,152 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “mellon”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around mellon (IPA /ˈmɛlɒn/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,152 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The result of heptazine being polymerized with the tri-s-triazine units linked through an amine (NH) link.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for mellon, with forms such as "emllon", "mellno", and "mellonn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "melo", "melon", "Menlo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: An arbitrary formation. Compare -one. The correct English form is mellon, spelled M-E-L-L-O-N.
Definition
- 1The result of heptazine being polymerized with the tri-s-triazine units linked through an amine (NH) link.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mellon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mellon (C₁₈N₁₃; Liebig).— This anomalous compound was originally supposed by Liebig to contain C₆N₄, but he has recently repeated and varied his experiments upon it, and has altered its formula as above.
It sublimes on heating and decomposes into mellon and NH₃.
Etymology
An arbitrary formation. Compare -one.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emllon
- mellno
- mellonn
- meloln
- mlelon
- mmellon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mellon - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mellon", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).