mellon
/ˈmɛlɒn/
"mellon" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mellon” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #22,152 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #22,152
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The result of heptazine being polymerized with the tri-s-triazine units linked through an amine (NH) link.
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) |
Where “mellon” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for mellon is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈmɛlɒn/. Corpus data places it at rank #22,152 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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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Using “mellon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-E-L-L-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈmɛlɒn/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “melo” - see the side-by-side comparison. mellon vs melo
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.