minx
/mɪŋks/noun, verb
minx is spelled M-I-N-X: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 53,573rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “mink vs minx” about 70 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, minx means “A flirtatious, impudent, or pert young woman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of minx is minxes.
How many letters and syllables are in minx?
| Letters | 4: M-I-N-X |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 53,573rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is minx?
Minx appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 53,573rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce minx?
- US /mɪŋks/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-I_learned_some_phrases-minx.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with minx
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: mink.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with minx?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as minx from its last stressed vowel (/ɪŋks/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of minx
- minxes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- minxing participle, present
- minxed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does minx mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A flirtatious, impudent, or pert young woman.
- 2
datedderogatoryA promiscuous woman; also, a mistress (“the other woman in an extramarital relationship”) or a prostitute.
- 3
obsoleteA pet dog.
verb
- 1
Used transitively when followed by it: to behave like a minx, that is, in a flirtatious and impudent manner.
- 2
To make (someone) like a minx; (intransitive) to become like a minx.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Minx in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense flirtatious, impudent, or pert young woman:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does minx come from?
The origin of the noun is uncertain.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).