mêlezvsMileyConfusable pair

Quick tell: mêlez is a verb, Miley is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mêlez” is a verb and “Miley” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#38,936
“mêlez” frequency rank
#22,001
“Miley” frequency rank
60937
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mêlez Miley
Definition Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de mêler. Prénom féminin.

Letter map: mêlez vs Miley

Shared letters muted; letters that set mêlez and Miley apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. mêlez (CVCVC) and Miley (CVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
mêlez
5 ch
Miley

Role in the sentence - mêlez and Miley

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mêlez is averb and Mileyaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60937, 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\. Miley is at rank #22,001, tagged as aname.

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 60937, this pair ranks #94,965 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mêlez vs Miley

Shared letters: elm. Private to "mêlez": zê. Private to "Miley": iy.

"mêlez" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "Miley" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Miley ← imley · miely · mileyy · milley · milye · mliey · mmiley

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mêlez" and "Miley" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mêlez" is a verb and "Miley" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "mêlez" or "Miley" show up more?
"Miley" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,001 in our French list, against #38,936 for "mêlez". 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 "mêlez" and "Miley".

  • Full dictionary entry for "mêlez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Miley" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #94,965 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mêlez" and "Miley" 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 #94,965 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