méli-mélo
\me.li.me.lo\
The verdict
“méli-mélo” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de mélimélo.
Corpus desk
Index FR-meli-melo · méli-mélo · French
méli-mélo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | méli-mélo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \me.li.me.lo\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
méli-mélo is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \me.li.me.lo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de mélimélo.".
No misspelling variants are generated for méli-mélo in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is méli-mélo, spelled M-É-L-I---M-É-L-O.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de mélimélo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how méli-mélo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La case correspondant à la couleur « méli-mélo » (la première en haut à gauche) était couverte d’un ton indécis, olivâtre ou violacé.
En conclusion tout ce méli-mélo de bibelots et attitudes symboliques à la rescousse du Fatum ce n’est rien qu’un guignol pour amuser les hommes libres.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.