minimus

noun

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"minimus" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“minimus” is uncommon English (frequency #89,637 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,637
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A being of the smallest size.

Corpus desk

Index EN-minimus · minimus · English

minimus · rank #89,637 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,637
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH misapplied

Nearest frequency peer: misapplied (+2 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 “minimus”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “minimus” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for minimus
PropertyValue
Headwordminimus
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#89,637
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “minimus” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).minimusfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “misapplied” (#89,639), “mimesis” (#89,634), “mistranslation” (#89,641). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “minimus” is #89,637. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

minimus is uncommon English at frequency #89,637 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for minimus in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin minimus (“smallest”). See minim. The correct English form is minimus, spelled M-I-N-I-M-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    A being of the smallest size.
  2. 2
    The youngest pupil in a school having a particular surname.
  3. 3
    The little finger or the little toe

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how minimus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Get you gone, you dwarf; You minimus, of hindering knot-grass made; You bead, you acorn.
  2. Jones Minimus wants to join the rowing team.

Etymology

From Latin minimus (“smallest”). See minim.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "minimus"?
"minimus" is spelled M-I-N-I-M-U-S.
What does "minimus" mean?
As a noun, "minimus" means: A being of the smallest size.
What is the origin of the word "minimus"?
From Latin minimus (“smallest”). See minim. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "minimus", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mimesis#89,634Merkley#89,625Mentone#89,624Meissen#89,620

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list