Mlle

\mad.mwa.zɛl\

/\mad.mwa.zɛl\/ noun

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The verdict

“Mlle” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #9,874) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#9,874
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
3
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mademoiselle (titre)

Corpus desk

Index FR-mlle · Mlle · French

Mlle · rank #9,874 · 3 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,874
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 3 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH modernité

Nearest frequency peer: modernité (+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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « Mlle »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « Mlle » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Mlle vs Mme
50% similar
Mlle vs MLP
25% similar
Mlle vs mue
25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Mlle
PropertyValue
HeadwordMlle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mad.mwa.zɛl\
Letters4
Frequency rank#9,874
Misspellings tracked3
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « Mlle »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Mllese 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 « modernité » (#9,875), « mens » (#9,872), « monts » (#9,876). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « Mlle » est au #9,874. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for Mlle is neighbouring look-alikes ("Mme", "MLP", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \mad.mwa.zɛl\. Frequency #9,874 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Gloss: "Mademoiselle (titre)".

Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mlle, with forms such as "lmle", "mlel", and "mmlle". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Mme", "MLP", "mue", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Mlle, spelled M-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mademoiselle (titre)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Six mois après, il épousa Mˡˡᵉ Joséphine Gastaldi, fille du docteur-médecin Gastaldi, mon compatriote, homme d'esprit, de talent, et virtuose très-recommandable en gastronomie.
  2. Là-dessus, Sauveur dormit deux grandes heures dans son lit de plumes, puis, frais comme l’œil, revêtu d’un pantalon de toile crème et de sa chemise Lacoste rouge, rasé de frais, aftershavé Elisabeth Arden, il entreprit d’aller visiter Mlle Lechat.

This word in other languages

Miss(English)Frl.(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lmle
  • mlel
  • mmlle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

lmle2mlel2mmlle1
Edit distance from "Mlle"

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 "Mlle"?
"Mlle" is spelled M-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mad.mwa.zɛl\.
What does "Mlle" mean?
As a noun, "Mlle" means: Mademoiselle (titre)
What words are commonly confused with "Mlle"?
"Mlle" is commonly confused with "Mme", "MLP", "mue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Mlle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mlle" is \mad.mwa.zɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mlle" come from?
"Mlle" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mens#9,872méga#9,879lens#9,866pois#9,891

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list