Which to use
“melo” and “milon” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,955
- “melo” frequency rank
- #48,048
- “milon” frequency rank
- 85003
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | melo | milon |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Blaireau. | Accusatif singulier de milo. |
Where the eye mixes melo and milon
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. melo runs 4 letters (CVCV) against milon's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between melo and milon
A purely visual mix-up. melo (\ˈme.lo\) and milon (\ˈmi.lon\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85003, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
melo is recorded at frequency rank #36,955, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈme.lo\. milon is at rank #48,048, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈmi.lon\.
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 85003, this pair ranks #12,041 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of melo vs milon
Shared letters: lmo. Private to "melo": e. Private to "milon": in.
"melo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "milon" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "melo" for "milon" ever safe?
Which is more common, "melo" or "milon"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "melo" and "milon" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "melo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "milon" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #12,041 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "melo" and "milon" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "milon vs mito". 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 #12,041 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.