# melon

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmɛlən/ · frequency rank #19,138

## Definitions
1. Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.
2. Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.
3. Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.
4. Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber.
5. The large, round to ovoid fruits that have rinds and are of such plants
6. A light pinkish orange color, like that of some melon flesh.
7. The breasts.
8. The head, the brain.
9. A member of the Green Party, or similar environmental group.
10. A mass of adipose tissue found in the forehead of all toothed whales, used to focus and modulate vocalizations.

## Etymology
From Middle English meloun, melon, from Old French melon, from Late Latin melonem, from Latin melopeponem, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn), from μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”) + πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”).

## Easily confused with
- **men** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melon-vs-men)
- **mon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melon-vs-mon)
- **moon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melon-vs-moon)
- **melt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melon-vs-melt)
- **memo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melon-vs-memo)
- **milo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melon-vs-milo)
- **meow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melon-vs-meow)
- **Milan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melon-vs-milan)
- **moron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melon-vs-moron)
- **Myron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melon-vs-myron)
- **Mulan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melon-vs-mulan)
- **Menlo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melon-vs-menlo)
- **Milos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melon-vs-milos)
- **Menon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melon-vs-menon)
- **Milton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melon-vs-milton)
- **merlin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melon-vs-merlin)
- **Melvin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melon-vs-melvin)
- **Merton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melon-vs-merton)
- **melons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melon-vs-melons)
- **melton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melon-vs-melton)

## Common misspellings (6)
`emlon`, `melno`, `melonn`, `meoln`, `mleon`, `mmelon`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/melon