Which to use
“mélange” and “mélanges” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,486
- “mélange” frequency rank
- #11,811
- “mélanges” frequency rank
- 14297
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mélange | mélanges |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de mélanger ou résultat de cette action. | Pluriel de mélange. |
Same sound, different letters: mélange vs mélanges
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. mélange runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against mélanges's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: mélange vs mélanges
This is the hard kind. mélange and mélanges are pronounced identically (\me.lɑ̃ʒ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “mélange” sits inside “mélanges”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14297, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mélange is recorded at frequency rank #2,486, classified as anoun, pronounced \me.lɑ̃ʒ\. mélanges is at rank #11,811, tagged as anoun, pronounced \me.lɑ̃ʒ\.
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 14297, this pair ranks #397,313 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mélange vs mélanges
Shared letters: aeglmné. Private to "mélange": -. Private to "mélanges": s.
"mélange" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "mélanges" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mélange" and "mélanges" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "mélange" or "mélanges" show up more?
What to do next
"mélange" and "mélanges" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "mélange" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mélanges" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #397,313 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mélange" and "mélanges" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mélanges vs méninges". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #397,313 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.