Which to use
“mélodie” and “mélodies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,911
- “mélodie” frequency rank
- #15,690
- “mélodies” frequency rank
- 26601
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mélodie | mélodies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Suite de sons d’où résulte un chant agréable et régulier. | Pluriel de mélodie. |
Same sound, different letters: mélodie vs mélodies
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. mélodie runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against mélodies's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - mélodie and mélodies
This is the hard kind. mélodie and mélodies are pronounced identically (\me.lɔ.di\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “mélodie” sits inside “mélodies”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26601, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mélodie is recorded at frequency rank #10,911, classified as anoun, pronounced \me.lɔ.di\. mélodies is at rank #15,690, tagged as anoun, pronounced \me.lɔ.di\.
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 26601, this pair ranks #333,986 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mélodie vs mélodies
Shared letters: deilmoé. Private to "mélodie": -. Private to "mélodies": s.
"mélodie" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "mélodies" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mélodie" and "mélodies" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "mélodie" or "mélodies" show up more?
Useful next steps
"mélodie" and "mélodies" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "mélodie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mélodies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #333,986 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mélodie" and "mélodies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mélodies vs mélodiques". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #333,986 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.