# M3 vs mle

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### M3
*noun · IPA \ɛm tʁwɑ\ · frequency rank #15,931*
Messier 3, un amas globulaire.

### mle
*noun · frequency rank #43,557*
Abréviation de matricule.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/m3-vs-mle