Which to use
“mélodies” is a noun and “mélodiques” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,690
- “mélodies” frequency rank
- #49,808
- “mélodiques” frequency rank
- 65498
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mélodies | mélodiques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de mélodie. | Pluriel de mélodique. |
Where the eye mixes mélodies and mélodiques
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. mélodies runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against mélodiques's 10 (CVCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: mélodies vs mélodiques
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mélodies is \me.lɔ.di\ while mélodiques is \me.lɔ.dik\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65498, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mélodies is recorded at frequency rank #15,690, classified as anoun, pronounced \me.lɔ.di\. mélodiques is at rank #49,808, tagged as anadj, pronounced \me.lɔ.dik\.
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 65498, this pair ranks #72,075 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mélodies vs mélodiques
Shared letters: deilmosé. Private to "mélodies": -. Private to "mélodiques": qu.
"mélodies" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "mélodiques" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mélodies" for "mélodiques" ever safe?
Frequency check: "mélodies" vs "mélodiques" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "mélodies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mélodiques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,075 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mélodies" and "mélodiques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mélodiques vs merdiques". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #72,075 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.