mlevsMRWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: mle is a noun, MR is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#43,557
“mle” frequency rank
#2,434
“MR” frequency rank
45991
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mle MR
Definition Abréviation de matricule. Mouvement Réformateur, parti politique belge francophone de droite.

Letter map: mle vs MR

Shared letters muted; letters that set mle and MR apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
mle
2 ch
MR

Grammar separator: mle vs MR

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mle is anoun and MRaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45991, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mle is recorded at frequency rank #43,557, classified as anoun. MR is at rank #2,434, tagged as aname, pronounced \ɛ.m‿ɛʁ\.

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 45991, this pair ranks #198,490 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mle vs MR

Shared letters: m. Private to "mle": el. Private to "MR": r.

"mle" · 3 letters · shape CCV  ·  "MR" · 2 letters · shape CC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mle" for "MR" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mle" is a noun and "MR" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "mle" vs "MR" - which ranks higher?
"MR" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,434 in our French list, against #43,557 for "mle". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "mle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "MR" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #198,490 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mle" and "MR" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mle vs MWh". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #198,490 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list