mélodrame
\me.lɔ.dʁam\
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
- 202,672
- “M” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sorte de drame populaire, mêlé de musique.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mélodrame |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \me.lɔ.dʁam\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #36,061 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mélodrame” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around mélodrame (IPA \me.lɔ.dʁam\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,061 among 202,672 “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
- 1Sorte de drame populaire, mêlé de musique.
- 2Ouvrage dramatique dans lequel sont accumulées les situations violentes et les péripéties imprévues.
- 3Ouvrage littéraire dont le langage est emphatique et exagéré.
- 4Ensemble de péripéties dans la vie d'une personne.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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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Using “mélodrame”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-É-L-O-D-R-A-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \me.lɔ.dʁam\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.