Which to use
“minty” is an adjective and “minute” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,274
- “minty” frequency rank
- #1,124
- “minute” frequency rank
- 43398
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | minty | minute |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Having a flavor or essence of mint. | A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds). |
Where the eye mixes minty and minute
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: minty vs minute
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: minty is /ˈmɪnti/ while minute is /ˈmɪnɪt/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43398, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
minty is recorded at frequency rank #42,274, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈmɪnti/. minute is at rank #1,124, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmɪnɪt/.
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 43398, this pair ranks #240,349 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of minty vs minute
Shared letters: imnt. Private to "minty": y. Private to "minute": eu.
"minty" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "minute" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "minty" and "minute" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "minty" or "minute" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "minty" and "minute" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "minty" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "minute" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #240,349 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "minty" and "minute" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Minot vs minty". 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 #240,349 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.