Which to use
“minute” and “minutes” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,036
- “minute” frequency rank
- #40,960
- “minutes” frequency rank
- 82996
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | minute | minutes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de minutar. | Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de minutar. |
Where the eye mixes minute and minutes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: minute vs minutes
A purely visual mix-up. minute ([miˈnut̪e]) and minutes ([miˈnut̪es]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “minute” sits inside “minutes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82996, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
minute is recorded at frequency rank #42,036, classified as averb, pronounced [miˈnut̪e]. minutes is at rank #40,960, tagged as averb, pronounced [miˈnut̪es].
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 82996, this pair ranks #8,609 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of minute vs minutes
Shared letters: eimntu. Private to "minute": -. Private to "minutes": s.
"minute" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "minutes" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "minute" and "minutes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "minute" or "minutes" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "minute" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "minutes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,609 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "minute" and "minutes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "minute vs mute". 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 #8,609 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.