mêlent

\mɛl\

/\mɛl\/ verb

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The verdict

“mêlent” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,945. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,945
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de mêler.

Corpus desk

Index FR-melent · mêlent · French

mêlent · rank #15,945 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,945
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH médiatiques

Nearest frequency peer: médiatiques (-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 « mêlent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « mêlent » 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).

mêlent vs mêler
67% similar
mêlent vs Melun
33% similar
mêlent vs mêlés
50% similar

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

Key facts for mêlent
PropertyValue
Headwordmêlent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\mɛl\
Letters6
Frequency rank#15,945
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mêlent »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.mêlentse 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 « médiatiques » (#15,944), « nantais » (#15,946), « morphologie » (#15,943). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mêlent » est au #15,945. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around mêlent (IPA \mɛl\), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,945 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for mêlent, with forms such as "melent", "mlêent", and "mmêlent". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mêler", "Melun", "mêlés", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mêlent, spelled M-Ê-L-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de mêler.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de mêler.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Là où cela devient plus emmerdant - je pèse mes mots quand je vous dis cela - c’est lorsque certains avocats se mêlent de la partie.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • melent
  • mlêent
  • mmêlent
  • mêelnt
  • mêlennt
  • mêlentt
  • mêletn
  • mêllent
  • mêlnet
  • êmlent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

melent1mlêent2mmêlent1mêelnt2mêlennt1mêlentt1mêletn2mêllent1
Edit distance from "mêlent"

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 "mêlent"?
"mêlent" is spelled M-Ê-L-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \mɛl\.
What does "mêlent" mean?
As a verb, "mêlent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de mêler.
What words are commonly confused with "mêlent"?
"mêlent" is commonly confused with "mêler", "Melun", "mêlés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mêlent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mêlent" is \mɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mêlent" come from?
"mêlent" 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 "mêlent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

notera#15,948minces#15,939Masson#15,935lisais#15,930

Similar misspelling depth

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

nantais10 variantsMiranda10 variantspayante10 variantsLeipzig10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list