Which to use
“melodía” and “melody” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,533
- “melodía” frequency rank
- #33,230
- “melody” frequency rank
- 43763
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | melodía | melody |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cualidad de la voz o el sonido de un instrumento que lo hace agradable o placentero | Melodía. |
Where the eye mixes melodía and melody
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. melodía runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against melody's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: melodía vs melody
A purely visual mix-up. melodía ([meloˈð̞ia]) and melody (/ˈmɛlədi/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43763, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
melodía is recorded at frequency rank #10,533, classified as anoun, pronounced [meloˈð̞ia]. melody is at rank #33,230, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmɛlədi/.
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 43763, this pair ranks #140,841 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of melodía vs melody
Shared letters: delmo. Private to "melodía": aí. Private to "melody": y.
"melodía" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "melody" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- melody ← emlody · meldoy · mellody · meloddy · melodyy · meloyd · meoldy · mleody
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "melodía" for "melody" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "melodía" or "melody" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "melodía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "melody" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #140,841 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "melodía" and "melody" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "melody vs memory". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #140,841 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.