mélange

/\me.lɑ̃ʒ\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,486

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

mélange is aFrenchnoun. It means: Action de mélanger ou résultat de cette action. Pronounced \me.lɑ̃ʒ\. It ranks #2,486 in French word frequency. Often confused with ménage and mêlant.

Key facts for mélange
PropertyValue
Headwordmélange
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\me.lɑ̃ʒ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,486
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of mélange in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for mélange is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \me.lɑ̃ʒ\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,486 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for mélange, with forms such as "melange", "mléange", and "mmélange". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "ménage", "mêlant", "Mélanie", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is mélange, spelled M-É-L-A-N-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de mélanger ou résultat de cette action.
  2. 2
    Personnes réunies confusément.
  3. 3
    Union de qualités de conditions, d’affaires différentes.
  4. 4
    Titre de certains recueils composés de pièces de prose ou de poésie, de petits ouvrages sur différents sujets.
  5. 5
    Titre qu’on donne quelquefois, dans les publications périodiques, à une réunion d’articles sur des objets variés. Il se dit aussi d’un ouvrage composé de plusieurs articles réunis en volume et écrits par les amis et les disciples d’un maître à l’occasion d’un anniversaire, d’un cinquantenaire, etc. On donne ce même titre, dans les catalogues de livres, à la partie qui comprend les ouvrages qu’on n’a pu classer dans les autres divisions.
  6. 6
    Ensemble de substances de natures différentes (contraire de corps pur).
  7. 7
    Carburant constitué d’essence et d’huile utilisée dans les anciennes mobylettes.
  8. 8
    Épice/drogue fabuleuse dans le livre de science-fiction Dune de Frank Herbert qui augmente notamment l’espérance de vie en bonne santé, donne du goût aux aliments et améliore la conscience.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: melange,mléange,mmélange,méalnge,mélagne,mélaneg,mélangge,mélannge,méllange,mélnage,émlange

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for mélange

Misspelling Variants of "mélange"

melange7mléange7mmélange8méalnge7mélagne7mélaneg7mélangge8mélannge8
Misspelling Variants of "mélange"

Frequency rank: #2,486 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mélange"?
"mélange" is spelled M-É-L-A-N-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \me.lɑ̃ʒ\.
What does "mélange" mean?
As a noun, "mélange" means: Action de mélanger ou résultat de cette action.
What words are commonly confused with "mélange"?
"mélange" is commonly confused with "ménage", "mêlant", "Mélanie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mélange"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mélange" is \me.lɑ̃ʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mélange" come from?
"mélange" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.