minutes

[miˈnut̪es]

/[miˈnut̪es]/ verb

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The verdict

“minutes” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #40,960. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,960
frequency rank, Spanish
3,868
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de minutar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-minutes · minutes · Spanish

minutes · rank #40,960 · 10 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,960
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,868
  • PHOTO-FINISH milicos

Nearest frequency peer: milicos (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “minutes”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “minutes” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

minutes vs minuto
71% similar
minutes vs Montes
57% similar
minutes vs minutos
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for minutes
PropertyValue
Headwordminutes
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[miˈnut̪es]
Letters7
Frequency rank#40,960
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “minutes”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).minutescae aquí:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “milicos” (#40,959), “miki” (#40,958), “miscelánea” (#40,962). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “minutes” va en #40,960. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around minutes (IPA [miˈnut̪es]), averb. Corpus frequency is #40,960 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de minutar.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for minutes, with forms such as "imnutes", "minnutes", and "mintues". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "minuto", "Montes", "minutos", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is minutes, spelled M-I-N-U-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de minutar.

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.

imnutes2minnutes1mintues2minuets2minutess1minutse2minuttes1miuntes2
Edit distance from "minutes"

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "minutes"?
"minutes" is spelled M-I-N-U-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [miˈnut̪es].
What does "minutes" mean?
As a verb, "minutes" means: Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de minutar.
What words are commonly confused with "minutes"?
"minutes" is commonly confused with "minuto", "Montes", "minutos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "minutes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "minutes" is [miˈnut̪es]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "minutes" come from?
"minutes" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

milicos#40,959medidos#40,950Mayorga#40,948Negrete#40,974

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

nociva10 variantsnominar10 variantspasarás10 variantspinares10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list