Which to use
“medley” is a noun and “mêlez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #47,451
- “medley” frequency rank
- #38,936
- “mêlez” frequency rank
- 86387
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | medley | mêlez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Course en individuel ou en équipe où quatre différents styles de nage (papillon, dos, brasse et nage libre) sont utilisés | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de mêler. |
Where the eye mixes medley and mêlez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between medley and mêlez
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: medley is \mɛd.le\ while mêlez is \mɛ.le\. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86387, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
medley is recorded at frequency rank #47,451, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɛd.le\. mêlez is at rank #38,936, tagged as averb, pronounced \mɛ.le\.
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 86387, this pair ranks #9,772 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of medley vs mêlez
Shared letters: elm. Private to "medley": dy. Private to "mêlez": zê.
"medley" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "mêlez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- medley ← emdley · mdeley · meddley · medely · medleyy · medlley · medlye · meldey
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "medley" and "mêlez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "medley" or "mêlez" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "medley" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mêlez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #9,772 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "medley" and "mêlez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Médée vs medley". 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 #9,772 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.