Which to use
“mégot” and “memo” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,389
- “mégot” frequency rank
- #49,793
- “memo” frequency rank
- 90182
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mégot | memo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bout qui reste d’un cigare ou d’une cigarette quand on a fini de les fumer. | Mémo, aide-mémoire. |
Where the eye mixes mégot and memo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. mégot runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against memo's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between mégot and memo
A purely visual mix-up. mégot (\me.ɡo\) and memo (\ˈmɛm.əʊ̯\) 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 90182, 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\. memo is at rank #49,793, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈmɛm.əʊ̯\.
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 90182, this pair ranks #5,056 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mégot vs memo
Shared letters: mo. Private to "mégot": gté. Private to "memo": e.
"mégot" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "memo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- memo ← emmo · memmo · meom · mmemo · mmeo
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mégot" and "memo" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "mégot" vs "memo" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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 "memo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,056 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mégot" and "memo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "memo vs mito". 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 #5,056 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.