Which to use
“mêlent” and “meurent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,945
- “mêlent” frequency rank
- #6,978
- “meurent” frequency rank
- 22923
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mêlent | meurent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de mêler. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de mourir. |
Where the eye mixes mêlent and meurent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. mêlent runs 6 letters (CVCVCC) against meurent's 7 (CVVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: mêlent vs meurent
A purely visual mix-up. mêlent (\mɛl\) and meurent (\mœʁ\) 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 22923, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mêlent is recorded at frequency rank #15,945, classified as averb, pronounced \mɛl\. meurent is at rank #6,978, tagged as averb, pronounced \mœʁ\.
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 22923, this pair ranks #355,350 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mêlent vs meurent
Shared letters: emnt. Private to "mêlent": lê. Private to "meurent": ru.
"mêlent" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "meurent" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- meurent ← emurent · meruent · meuernt · meurennt · meurentt · meuretn · meurnet · meurrent
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mêlent" and "meurent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "mêlent" vs "meurent" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "mêlent" and "meurent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mêlent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "meurent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #355,350 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mêlent" and "meurent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "méfient vs mêlent". 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 #355,350 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.