mêlant

\mɛ.lɑ̃\

/\mɛ.lɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“mêlant” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,195. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,195
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Compliqué.

Corpus desk

Index FR-melant · mêlant · French

mêlant · rank #15,195 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,195
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mécanicien

Nearest frequency peer: mécanicien (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « mêlant »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « mêlant » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

mêlant vs milan
67% similar
mêlant vs Melun
33% similar
mêlant vs mènent
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for mêlant
PropertyValue
Headwordmêlant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mɛ.lɑ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#15,195
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mêlant »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.mêlantse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mécanicien » (#15,194), « nazie » (#15,196), « nordique » (#15,197). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mêlant » est au #15,195. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around mêlant (IPA \mɛ.lɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #15,195 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for mêlant, with forms such as "melant", "mlêant", and "mmêlant". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "milan", "Melun", "mènent", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mêlant, spelled M-Ê-L-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Compliqué.
  2. 2
    Difficile à comprendre.
  3. 3
    Qui mêle.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how mêlant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. C’t’un maudit stuck up, ça! Sont toutes pareil, les artistes! Sont ben content de nous cruiser une fois, mais y nous reconnaissent donc pus, après! Des fois, t’as l’impression qu’y te traitent comme un kleenex usagé, c’est pas mêlant…
  2. Ç'a pas été plus compliqué que ça. Une vraie petite merveille. C'est pas mêlant...

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • melant
  • mlêant
  • mmêlant
  • mêalnt
  • mêlannt
  • mêlantt
  • mêlatn
  • mêllant
  • mêlnat
  • êmlant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mêlant - 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.

melant1mlêant2mmêlant1mêalnt2mêlannt1mêlantt1mêlatn2mêllant1
Edit distance from "mêlant"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mêlant"?
"mêlant" is spelled M-Ê-L-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \mɛ.lɑ̃\.
What does "mêlant" mean?
As an adjective, "mêlant" means: Compliqué.
What words are commonly confused with "mêlant"?
"mêlant" is commonly confused with "milan", "Melun", "mènent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mêlant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mêlant" is \mɛ.lɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mêlant" come from?
"mêlant" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mêlant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mister#15,187please#15,208manège#15,180poings#15,210

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

négocié10 variantspascale10 variantsminimal10 variantspaysanne10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list