# mignon

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈmɪnjɒn/ · frequency rank #43,786

## Definitions
1. Small and cute; pretty in a delicate way; dainty.

## Etymology
From French mignon, from Middle French mignon (“lover, darling, favourite”), from Old French mignon (“dainty, pleasing, gentle, kind”), from Frankish *minnjo (“love, friendship, affection, memory”), from Proto-Germanic *minþijō, *mindijō (“affectionate thought, care”), from Proto-Indo-European *men-, *mnā- (“to think”). Cognate with Old High German minnja (“love, care, affection, desire, memory”), Old Saxon minnea (“love”). More at mind. Compare Dutch minnen (“to love”). Doublet of minion.

## Easily confused with
- **mino** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mignon-vs-mino)
- **minor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mignon-vs-minor)
- **Minot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mignon-vs-minot)
- **Milton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mignon-vs-milton)
- **minion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mignon-vs-minion)
- **minnow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mignon-vs-minnow)
- **Menon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/menon-vs-mignon)
- **micron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/micron-vs-mignon)

## Common misspellings (9)
`imgnon`, `mginon`, `miggnon`, `mignno`, `mignnon`, `mignonn`, `migonn`, `mingon`, `mmignon`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mignon