Which to use
“mêlez” is a verb and “meule” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,936
- “mêlez” frequency rank
- #29,861
- “meule” frequency rank
- 68797
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mêlez | meule |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de mêler. | Roue en pierre, en bois, qui sert à broyer en tournant. |
Where the eye mixes mêlez and meule
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. mêlez (CVCVC) and meule (CVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between mêlez and meule
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mêlez is \mɛ.le\ while meule is \møl\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68797, 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\. meule is at rank #29,861, tagged as anoun, pronounced \møl\.
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 68797, this pair ranks #57,660 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mêlez vs meule
Shared letters: elm. Private to "mêlez": zê. Private to "meule": u.
"mêlez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "meule" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- meule ← emule · melue · meuel · meulle · mmeule · muele
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mêlez" and "meule" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "mêlez" or "meule" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "mêlez" and "meule" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mêlez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "meule" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #57,660 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mêlez" and "meule" 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 #57,660 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.