minimax
/ˈmɪn.ɪˌmæks/
"minimax" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“minimax” is uncommon English (frequency #92,881 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,881
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A decision rule used for minimizing the maximum possible loss, or maximizing the minimum gain.
Corpus desk
Index EN-minimax · minimax · English
minimax · rank #92,881 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,881
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH minifigure
Nearest frequency peer: minifigure (-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 “minimax”
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 “minimax” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | minimax |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɪn.ɪˌmæks/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #92,881 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “minimax” in English
Rare enough to double-check
minimax is uncommon English at frequency #92,881 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmɪn.ɪˌmæks/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A decision rule used for minimizing the maximum possible loss, or maximizing the minimum gain.".
No misspelling variants are generated for minimax in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Blend of mini(mum) + max(imum). The correct English form is minimax, spelled M-I-N-I-M-A-X.
Definition
- 1A decision rule used for minimizing the maximum possible loss, or maximizing the minimum gain.
Etymology
Blend of mini(mum) + max(imum).
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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