minima
"minima" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“minima” is uncommon English (frequency #50,073 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,073
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of minimum
Corpus desk
Index EN-minima · minima · English
minima · rank #50,073 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,073
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH miscellany
Nearest frequency peer: miscellany (+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 “minima”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- metformin
metformin
49,933 corpus weight
- minima
minima
49,928 corpus weight
- miscellany
miscellany
49,927 corpus weight
- mish
mish
49,925 corpus weight
- Moderne
Moderne
49,924 corpus weight
- Monson
Monson
49,923 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “minima” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | minima |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,073 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “minima” in English
Rare enough to double-check
minima is uncommon English at frequency #50,073 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of minimum".
minima has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Latin minima, nominative neuter plural form of minimus (“least, smallest”). The correct English form is minima, spelled M-I-N-I-M-A.
Definition
- 1plural of minimum
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin minima, nominative neuter plural form of minimus (“least, smallest”).
Synonyms
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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