mevsMP4Tell them apart

Quick tell: me is a pronoun, MP4 is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“me” is a pronoun and “MP4” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#60
“me” frequency rank
#49,242
“MP4” frequency rank
49302
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature me MP4
Definition Pronom de la première personne du singulier en tant que complément d’objet direct. Accusatif de je. Norme d’encodage multimédia (audio ou vidéo) sous forme numérique.

Where the eye mixes me and MP4

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

2 ch
me
3 ch
MP4

Why the eye confuses me with MP4

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: me is \mə\ while MP4 is \ɛm.pe.katʁ\. 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 (pronoun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49302, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

me is recorded at frequency rank #60, classified as apron, pronounced \mə\. MP4 is at rank #49,242, tagged as aname, pronounced \ɛm.pe.katʁ\.

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 49302, this pair ranks #171,794 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of me vs MP4

Shared letters: m. Private to "me": e. Private to "MP4": p.

"me" · 2 letters · shape CV  ·  "MP4" · 2 letters · shape CC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "me" and "MP4" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "me" is a pronoun and "MP4" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "me" or "MP4" show up more?
"me" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #60 in our French list, against #49,242 for "MP4". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "me" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "MP4" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #171,794 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "me" and "MP4" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "MP4 vs MWh". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #171,794 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