melton
/ˈmɛlt(ə)n/
"melton" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“melton” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #32,498. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,498
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A tough, short-napped material used for making overcoats.
Corpus desk
Index EN-melton · melton · English
melton · rank #32,498 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,498
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH melons
Nearest frequency peer: melons (-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 “melton”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- McAfee
McAfee
67,507 corpus weight
- Meier
Meier
67,505 corpus weight
- melons
melons
67,504 corpus weight
- melton
melton
67,503 corpus weight
- mem
mem
67,502 corpus weight
- methylation
methylation
67,499 corpus weight
What this shows “melton” 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 | melton |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɛlt(ə)n/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #32,498 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “melton”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around melton (IPA /ˈmɛlt(ə)n/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,498 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A tough, short-napped material used for making overcoats.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for melton, with forms such as "emlton", "mellton", and "melotn". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Menon", "mentor", "Milton", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Melton Mowbray, where this material was made. The correct English form is melton, spelled M-E-L-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1A tough, short-napped material used for making overcoats.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how melton appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
‘Two of the boys are wearing your Melton overcoat; I hope you don't mind.’
Skiwear has moved swiftly away from wool — and cotton — into a brave new world of chemistry. […] Wool pants or knickers, usually of melton — a thick, tightly woven, smooth fabric — were good for shedding snow.
Etymology
From Melton Mowbray, where this material was made.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emlton
- mellton
- melotn
- meltno
- meltonn
- meltton
- metlon
- mleton
- mmelton
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of melton - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
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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 (9 here; floor ≥5).