mello

\ˈme.ʎo\

/\ˈme.ʎo\/ verb

The verdict

“mello” is uncommon French (frequency #62,445 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,445
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de mellar.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mello · mello · French

mello · rank #62,445 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,445
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Mikko

Nearest frequency peer: Mikko (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « mello »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « mello » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mello
PropertyValue
Headwordmello
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ˈme.ʎo\
Letters5
Frequency rank#62,445
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « mello » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).mellotombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Mikko » (#62,446), « mela » (#62,443), « milkshake » (#62,447). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mello » est au #62,445. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mello is uncommon French at frequency #62,445 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈme.ʎo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de mellar.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for mello in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is mello, spelled M-E-L-L-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de mellar.

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 "mello"?
"mello" is spelled M-E-L-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈme.ʎo\.
What does "mello" mean?
As a verb, "mello" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de mellar.
How do you pronounce "mello"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mello" is \ˈme.ʎo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mello" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list