mélangéevsmélangerConfusable pair

Quick tell: mélangée is a adjective, mélanger is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mélangée” is an adjective and “mélanger” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#28,662
“mélangée” frequency rank
#9,202
“mélanger” frequency rank
37864
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mélangée mélanger
Definition Féminin singulier de mélangé. Unir une chose avec une autre, ou plusieurs choses ensemble, de façon qu’elles forment comme un tout.

Same sound, different letters: mélangée vs mélanger

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. mélangée (CVCVCCVV) and mélanger (CVCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
mélangée
8 ch
mélanger

Homophone desk: mélangée vs mélanger

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: mélangée and mélanger carry the same recorded pronunciation, \me.lɑ̃.ʒe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37864, 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\. mélanger is at rank #9,202, tagged as averb, 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 37864, this pair ranks #259,422 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mélangée vs mélanger

Shared letters: aeglmné. Private to "mélangée": -. Private to "mélanger": r.

"mélangée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV  ·  "mélanger" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mélangée" and "mélanger" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mélangée" is an adjective and "mélanger" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "mélangée" vs "mélanger" - which ranks higher?
"mélanger" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,202 in our French list, against #28,662 for "mélangée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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 "mélanger" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #259,422 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mélangée" and "mélanger" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mangée vs mélangée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #259,422 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list