minifigure
"minifigure" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“minifigure” is uncommon English (frequency #92,880 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,880
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A small figure of a person, especially in toys such as Lego.
Corpus desk
Index EN-minifigure · minifigure · English
minifigure · rank #92,880 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,880
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH minimax
Nearest frequency peer: minimax (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “minifigure”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- minifigure
minifigure
7,121 corpus weight
- minimax
minimax
7,120 corpus weight
- minutia
minutia
7,119 corpus weight
- misconceived
misconceived
7,118 corpus weight
- misquote
misquote
7,117 corpus weight
- Mithra
Mithra
7,116 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “minifigure” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | minifigure |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #92,880 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “minifigure” in English
Rare enough to double-check
minifigure is uncommon English at frequency #92,880 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A small figure of a person, especially in toys such as Lego.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for minifigure in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mini- + figure. The correct English form is minifigure, spelled M-I-N-I-F-I-G-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1A small figure of a person, especially in toys such as Lego.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how minifigure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
They are often used as decorations, like in set 9526 Star Wars Palpatine Arrest (2012) were two pearl gold monochrome minifigures represent statues.
Dismantle all the pieces, and place any with stickers or printing (like minifigure torsos) aside.
Etymology
From mini- + figure.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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