mêlés vs mle, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“mêlés” is an adjective and “mle” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#24,299
“mêlés” frequency rank: #43,557
“mle” frequency rank: 67856
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	mêlés	mle
Definition	Masculin pluriel de mêlé.	Abréviation de matricule.

Letter map: mêlés vs mle

Shared letters muted; letters that set mêlés and mle apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. mêlés runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against mle's 3 (CCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch

mêlés

3 ch

mle

Part-of-speech tell for mêlés / mle

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mêlés is anadjective and mleanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67856, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mêlés is recorded at frequency rank #24,299, classified as anadj, pronounced \me.le\. mle is at rank #43,557, tagged as anoun.

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 67856, this pair ranks #61,642 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mêlés vs mle

Shared letters: lm. Private to "mêlés": séê. Private to "mle": e.

"mêlés" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "mle" · 3 letters · shape CCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mêlés" and "mle" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mêlés" is an adjective and "mle" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary French text, does "mêlés" or "mle" show up more?

"mêlés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,299 in our French list, against #43,557 for "mle". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "mêlés" and "mle".

Full dictionary entry for "mêlés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "mle" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #61,642 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"mêlés" and "mle" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mle vs MWh". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #61,642 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.