Which to use
“mejoría” and “melodía” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,020
- “mejoría” frequency rank
- #10,533
- “melodía” frequency rank
- 28553
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mejoría | melodía |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Medra, adelantamiento y aumento de una cosa. Mejora. | Cualidad de la voz o el sonido de un instrumento que lo hace agradable o placentero |
Where the eye mixes mejoría and melodía
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. mejoría and melodía follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: mejoría vs melodía
A purely visual mix-up. mejoría ([mexoˈɾia]) and melodía ([meloˈð̞ia]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28553, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mejoría is recorded at frequency rank #18,020, classified as anoun, pronounced [mexoˈɾia]. melodía is at rank #10,533, tagged as anoun, pronounced [meloˈð̞ia].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 28553, this pair ranks #221,435 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mejoría vs melodía
Shared letters: aemoí. Private to "mejoría": jr. Private to "melodía": dl.
"mejoría" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "melodía" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mejoría" for "melodía" ever safe?
Frequency check: "mejoría" vs "melodía" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "mejoría" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "melodía" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #221,435 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mejoría" and "melodía" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "melodía vs melódica". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #221,435 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.