Which to use
“mínimos” is an adjective and “minutos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,028
- “mínimos” frequency rank
- #488
- “minutos” frequency rank
- 8516
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mínimos | minutos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de mínimo. | Forma del plural de minuto. |
Where the eye mixes mínimos and minutos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. mínimos and minutos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: mínimos vs minutos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mínimos is [ˈminimos] while minutos is [miˈnut̪os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8516, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mínimos is recorded at frequency rank #8,028, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈminimos]. minutos is at rank #488, tagged as anoun, pronounced [miˈnut̪os].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 8516, this pair ranks #304,767 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mínimos vs minutos
Shared letters: imnos. Private to "mínimos": í. Private to "minutos": tu.
"mínimos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "minutos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- minutos ← imnutos · minnutos · mintuos · minuots · minutoss · minutso · minuttos · miuntos
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mínimos" for "minutos" ever safe?
Frequency check: "mínimos" vs "minutos" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "mínimos" and "minutos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mínimos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "minutos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #304,767 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mínimos" and "minutos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "medimos vs mínimos". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #304,767 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.