mélodieux
\me.lɔ.djø\
The verdict
“mélodieux” is uncommon French (frequency #54,117 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,117
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est agréable à l’oreille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-melodieux · mélodieux · French
mélodieux · rank #54,117 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,117
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH médiatisées
Nearest frequency peer: médiatisées (-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 « mélodieux »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- multiforme
multiforme
45,887 corpus weight
- méconnaître
méconnaître
45,886 corpus weight
- médiatisées
médiatisées
45,885 corpus weight
- mélodieux
mélodieux
45,884 corpus weight
- naf
naf
45,883 corpus weight
- nanotechnol…
nanotechnologies
45,882 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « mélodieux » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mélodieux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \me.lɔ.djø\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #54,117 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mélodieux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mélodieux is uncommon French at frequency #54,117 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \me.lɔ.djø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for mélodieux in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mélodieux, spelled M-É-L-O-D-I-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui est agréable à l’oreille.
- 2Mélodique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mélodieux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Toujours il croyait entendre résonner à son oreille les notes suaves et mélodieuses de la voix de la jeune fille, quelque effort qu’il fit pour oublier ; […].
Les spectateurs les accompagnaient en battant rythmiquement des mains et en chantant des airs tahitiens plus mélodieux que la dure langue mangarevienne.
Synonyms
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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.
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