mdrvsmeWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: mdr is a intj, me is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mdr” is an intj and “me” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,512
“mdr” frequency rank
#60
“me” frequency rank
9572
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mdr me
Definition Formule qui est principalement utilisée à l’écrit (sur internet puis par texto) et qui indique que celui qui le note est en train de rire ou est amusé. Mais elle peut également être utilisée pour signaler son étonnement dans une situation inhabituelle. Pronom de la première personne du singulier en tant que complément d’objet direct. Accusatif de je.

Where the eye mixes mdr and me

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.

3 ch
mdr
2 ch
me

Look-alike desk: mdr vs me

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mdr is \ɛm.de.ɛʁ\ while me is \mə\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (intj vs pronoun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9572, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mdr is recorded at frequency rank #9,512, classified as anintj, pronounced \ɛm.de.ɛʁ\. me is at rank #60, tagged as apron, pronounced \mə\.

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 9572, this pair ranks #416,177 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of mdr vs me

Shared letters: m. Private to "mdr": dr. Private to "me": e.

"mdr" · 3 letters · shape CCC  ·  "me" · 2 letters · shape CV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mdr" for "me" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mdr" is an intj and "me" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "mdr" or "me" show up more?
"me" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #60 in our French list, against #9,512 for "mdr". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mdr" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "me" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #416,177 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mdr" and "me" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mdr vs MWh". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #416,177 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list