# minority

> English word · Noun · IPA /maɪˈnɒɹ.ɪ.ti/ · frequency rank #3,572

## Definitions
1. The state or condition of being smaller, inferior, or subordinate to something or someone else; lesserness.
2. The state of being a minor; youth, the period of a person's life prior to reaching adulthood.
3. Any subgroup that does not form a numerical majority.
4. A member of an ethnic minority.
5. A group of people seen as distinct who are subordinated and discriminated against in a society.
6. A Muslim.

## Etymology
From Late Middle English minoritie, from Middle French minorité, and its source Late Latin minōritās, from Latin minor. Morphologically minor + -ity.

## Easily confused with
- **majority** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/majority-vs-minority)

## Common misspellings (12)
`imnority`, `minnority`, `minoirty`, `minoritty`, `minorityy`, `minoriyt`, `minorrity`, `minortiy`, `minroity`, `mionrity`, `mminority`, `mniority`

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