Which to use
“male” is an adjective and “mle” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,385
- “male” frequency rank
- #43,557
- “mle” frequency rank
- 64942
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | male | mle |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de mal, dans le sens de mauvaise. | Abréviation de matricule. |
Letter map: male vs mle
Shared letters muted; letters that set male and mle apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. male runs 4 letters (CVCV) against mle's 3 (CCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for male / mle
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: male is anadjective and mleanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64942, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
male is recorded at frequency rank #21,385, classified as anadj, pronounced \mal\. mle is at rank #43,557, tagged as anoun.
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 64942, this pair ranks #74,621 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of male vs mle
Shared letters: elm. Private to "male": a. Private to "mle": -.
"male" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "mle" · 3 letters · shape CCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- male ← amle · mael · mlae · mmale
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "male" and "mle" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "male" or "mle"?
Useful next steps
Pair "male" vs "mle" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "male" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mle" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #74,621 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "male" and "mle" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mle vs MWh". 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 #74,621 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.