Which to use
“mêlez” and “menez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,936
- “mêlez” frequency rank
- #26,090
- “menez” frequency rank
- 65026
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mêlez | menez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de mêler. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de mener. |
Where the eye mixes mêlez and menez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. mêlez and menez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: mêlez vs menez
A purely visual mix-up. mêlez (\mɛ.le\) and menez (\mə.ne\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65026, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mêlez is recorded at frequency rank #38,936, classified as averb, pronounced \mɛ.le\. menez is at rank #26,090, tagged as averb, pronounced \mə.ne\.
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 65026, this pair ranks #74,221 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mêlez vs menez
Shared letters: emz. Private to "mêlez": lê. Private to "menez": n.
"mêlez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "menez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- menez ← emnez · meenz · menezz · mennez · menze · mmenez · mneez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mêlez" and "menez" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "mêlez" or "menez" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "mêlez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "menez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #74,221 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mêlez" and "menez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Meier vs mêlez". 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 #74,221 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.