Which to use
“mamelon” and “mamelons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,542
- “mamelon” frequency rank
- #38,410
- “mamelons” frequency rank
- 81952
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mamelon | mamelons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Protubérance située au centre de la mamelle. | Pluriel de mamelon. |
Same sound, different letters: mamelon vs mamelons
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. mamelon runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against mamelons's 8 (CVCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: mamelon vs mamelons
This is the hard kind. mamelon and mamelons are pronounced identically (\mam.lɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “mamelon” sits inside “mamelons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81952, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mamelon is recorded at frequency rank #43,542, classified as anoun, pronounced \mam.lɔ̃\. mamelons is at rank #38,410, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mam.lɔ̃\.
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 81952, this pair ranks #17,729 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mamelon vs mamelons
Shared letters: aelmno. Private to "mamelon": -. Private to "mamelons": s.
"mamelon" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "mamelons" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mamelon" for "mamelons" ever safe?
Frequency check: "mamelon" vs "mamelons" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "mamelon" / "mamelons". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "mamelon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mamelons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #17,729 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mamelon" and "mamelons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Madelin vs mamelon". 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 #17,729 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.