Which to use
“mélodique” and “mélodiques” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,147
- “mélodique” frequency rank
- #49,808
- “mélodiques” frequency rank
- 80955
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mélodique | mélodiques |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui appartient à la mélodie. | Pluriel de mélodique. |
Same sound, different letters: mélodique vs mélodiques
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. mélodique runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCVV) against mélodiques's 10 (CVCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - mélodique and mélodiques
This is the hard kind. mélodique and mélodiques are pronounced identically (\me.lɔ.dik\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “mélodique” sits inside “mélodiques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80955, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mélodique is recorded at frequency rank #31,147, classified as anadj, pronounced \me.lɔ.dik\. 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 80955, this pair ranks #19,779 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mélodique vs mélodiques
Shared letters: deilmoqué. Private to "mélodique": -. Private to "mélodiques": s.
"mélodique" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV · "mélodiques" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mélodique" and "mélodiques" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "mélodique" vs "mélodiques" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "mélodique" 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 #19,779 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mélodique" and "mélodiques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mélodiques vs merdiques". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #19,779 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.