Which to use
“medley” and “meules” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,451
- “medley” frequency rank
- #32,908
- “meules” frequency rank
- 80359
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | medley | meules |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Course en individuel ou en équipe où quatre différents styles de nage (papillon, dos, brasse et nage libre) sont utilisés | Pluriel de meule. |
Where the eye mixes medley and meules
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. medley (CVCCVV) and meules (CVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: medley vs meules
A purely visual mix-up. medley (\mɛd.le\) and meules (\møl\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80359, 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\. meules is at rank #32,908, tagged as anoun, pronounced \møl\.
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 80359, this pair ranks #21,153 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of medley vs meules
Shared letters: elm. Private to "medley": dy. Private to "meules": su.
"medley" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "meules" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "medley" and "meules" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "medley" or "meules"?
Useful next steps
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 "meules" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #21,153 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "medley" and "meules" 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 #21,153 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.