Which to use
“mélangée” and “mélangées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,662
- “mélangée” frequency rank
- #32,495
- “mélangées” frequency rank
- 61157
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mélangée | mélangées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de mélangé. | Féminin pluriel de mélangé. |
Same sound, different letters: mélangée vs mélangées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. mélangée runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVV) against mélangées's 9 (CVCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - mélangée and mélangées
This is the hard kind. mélangée and mélangées are pronounced identically (\me.lɑ̃.ʒe\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “mélangée” sits inside “mélangées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61157, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mélangée is recorded at frequency rank #28,662, classified as anadj, pronounced \me.lɑ̃.ʒe\. mélangées is at rank #32,495, tagged as anadj, pronounced \me.lɑ̃.ʒe\.
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 61157, this pair ranks #93,790 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mélangée vs mélangées
Shared letters: aeglmné. Private to "mélangée": -. Private to "mélangées": s.
"mélangée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "mélangées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mélangée" and "mélangées" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "mélangée" or "mélangées" show up more?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "mélangée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mélangées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #93,790 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mélangée" and "mélangées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mangée vs mélangée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #93,790 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.