Which to use
“maladies” and “mélodies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,630
- “maladies” frequency rank
- #15,690
- “mélodies” frequency rank
- 18320
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | maladies | mélodies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de maladie. | Pluriel de mélodie. |
Where the eye mixes maladies and mélodies
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. maladies and mélodies follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: maladies vs mélodies
A purely visual mix-up. maladies (\ma.la.di\) and mélodies (\me.lɔ.di\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18320, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
maladies is recorded at frequency rank #2,630, classified as anoun, pronounced \ma.la.di\. mélodies is at rank #15,690, tagged as anoun, pronounced \me.lɔ.di\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 18320, this pair ranks #378,920 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of maladies vs mélodies
Shared letters: deilms. Private to "maladies": a. Private to "mélodies": oé.
"maladies" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "mélodies" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- maladies ← amladies · maaldies · maladdies · maladeis · maladiess · maladise · malaides · maldaies
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "maladies" and "mélodies" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "maladies" or "mélodies"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "maladies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mélodies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #378,920 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "maladies" and "mélodies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mélodies vs mélodiques". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #378,920 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.