minutes
/ˈmɪnɪts/
"minutes" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“minutes” is in the everyday core of English, ranked #492 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #492
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of minute
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | minutes |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɪnɪts/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #492 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “minutes” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for minutes is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈmɪnɪts/. Corpus data places it at rank #492 in overall English word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "plural of minute".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for minutes, with forms such as "imnutes", "minnutes", and "mintues". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "mines", "minus", "mints", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is minutes, spelled M-I-N-U-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of minute
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: imnutes,minnutes,mintues,minuets,minutess,minutse,minuttes,miuntes,mminutes,mniutes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of minutes - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “minutes”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-I-N-U-T-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈmɪnɪts/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “mines” - see the side-by-side comparison. minutes vs mines
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.