mélodrame

\me.lɔ.dʁam\

/\me.lɔ.dʁam\/ noun

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The verdict

“mélodrame” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,061. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,061
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de drame populaire, mêlé de musique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-melodrame · mélodrame · French

mélodrame · rank #36,061 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,061
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mythologiques

Nearest frequency peer: mythologiques (-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 « mélodrame »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « mélodrame » 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
Key facts for mélodrame
PropertyValue
Headwordmélodrame
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\me.lɔ.dʁam\
Letters9
Frequency rank#36,061
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mélodrame »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).mélodramese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mythologiques » (#36,060), « nai » (#36,063), « Myopie » (#36,058). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mélodrame » est au #36,061. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around mélodrame (IPA \me.lɔ.dʁam\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,061 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for mélodrame, with forms such as "melodrame", "mléodrame", and "mmélodrame". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is mélodrame, spelled M-É-L-O-D-R-A-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sorte de drame populaire, mêlé de musique.
  2. 2
    Ouvrage dramatique dans lequel sont accumulées les situations violentes et les péripéties imprévues.
  3. 3
    Ouvrage littéraire dont le langage est emphatique et exagéré.
  4. 4
    Ensemble de péripéties dans la vie d'une personne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les anciens mélodrames où les niais étaient de première nécessité, firent la réputation de cet artiste, […].
  2. Les enfants aiment les pommes vertes, et les pommes vertes leur font du mal. Il doit en être de même pour le mélodrame, qui indigestionne le public, quand il s'en gorge.

Synonyms

mélo

This word in other languages

melodrama(English)Melodrama(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • melodrame
  • mléodrame
  • mmélodrame
  • méldorame
  • méllodrame
  • mélodarme
  • méloddrame
  • mélodraem
  • mélodramme
  • mélodrmae
  • mélodrrame
  • mélordame
  • méoldrame
  • émlodrame

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mélodrame - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

melodrame1mléodrame2mmélodrame1méldorame2méllodrame1mélodarme2méloddrame1mélodraem2
Edit distance from "mélodrame"

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 "mélodrame"?
"mélodrame" is spelled M-É-L-O-D-R-A-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \me.lɔ.dʁam\.
What does "mélodrame" mean?
As a noun, "mélodrame" means: Sorte de drame populaire, mêlé de musique.
What are common misspellings of "mélodrame"?
Common misspellings include "melodrame", "mléodrame", "mmélodrame", "méldorame", "méllodrame". The correct spelling is "mélodrame".
How do you pronounce "mélodrame"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mélodrame" is \me.lɔ.dʁam\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mélodrame" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

monotonie#36,053maquillée#36,041patineuse#36,091peaufiner#36,094

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

parrainages14 variantsphalanges14 variantspolémiste14 variantsirrecevable14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list