mêlez vs mle, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#38,936
“mêlez” frequency rank: #43,557
“mle” frequency rank: 82493
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	mêlez	mle
Definition	Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de mêler.	Abréviation de matricule.

Letter map: mêlez vs mle

Shared letters muted; letters that set mêlez and mle apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. mêlez 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

mêlez

3 ch

mle

Role in the sentence - mêlez and mle

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mêlez is averb and mleanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82493, 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\. 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 82493, this pair ranks #16,625 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mêlez vs mle

Shared letters: elm. Private to "mêlez": zê. Private to "mle": -.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mêlez" and "mle" be used interchangeably?

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

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

"mêlez" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,936 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.

Useful next steps

You've compared "mêlez" and "mle". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "mêlez" 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 #16,625 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"mêlez" and "mle" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mle vs MWh". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #16,625 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.