mélangéesvsmélangerConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#32,495
“mélangées” frequency rank
#9,202
“mélanger” frequency rank
41697
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Same sound, different letters: mélangées vs mélanger

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. mélangées runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVVC) against mélanger's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
mélangées
8 ch
mélanger

Ear matches; page differs - mélangées and mélanger

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: mélangées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41697, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mélangées is recorded at frequency rank #32,495, 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 41697, this pair ranks #231,174 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mélangées vs mélanger

Shared letters: aeglmné. Private to "mélangées": s. Private to "mélanger": r.

"mélangées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVVC  ·  "mélanger" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mélangées" and "mélanger" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mélangées" is an adjective and "mélanger" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "mélangées" or "mélanger" show up more?
"mélanger" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,202 in our French list, against #32,495 for "mélangées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mélangées" 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 #231,174 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mélangées" and "mélanger" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mélangées vs mélangez". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #231,174 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