Which to use
“mégot” and “melo” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,389
- “mégot” frequency rank
- #36,955
- “melo” frequency rank
- 77344
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mégot | melo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bout qui reste d’un cigare ou d’une cigarette quand on a fini de les fumer. | Blaireau. |
Where the eye mixes mégot and melo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. mégot runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against melo's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between mégot and melo
A purely visual mix-up. mégot (\me.ɡo\) and melo (\ˈme.lo\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77344, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mégot is recorded at frequency rank #40,389, classified as anoun, pronounced \me.ɡo\. melo is at rank #36,955, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈme.lo\.
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 77344, this pair ranks #28,639 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mégot vs melo
Shared letters: mo. Private to "mégot": gté. Private to "melo": el.
"mégot" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "melo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- melo ← emlo · mello · meol · mleo · mmelo
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mégot" for "melo" ever safe?
Which is more common, "mégot" or "melo"?
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 "mégot" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "melo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #28,639 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mégot" and "melo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mégot vs memo". 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 #28,639 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.