mince

\mɛ̃s\

/\mɛ̃s\/ adj

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The verdict

“mince” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,353. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,353
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a peu d’épaisseur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mince · mince · French

mince · rank #4,353 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,353
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH merveilleux

Nearest frequency peer: merveilleux (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « mince »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « mince » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

mince vs mise
60% similar
mince vs mini
60% similar
mince vs mine
80% similar

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

Key facts for mince
PropertyValue
Headwordmince
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mɛ̃s\
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,353
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mince »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).mincese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « merveilleux » (#4,352), « misère » (#4,354), « menée » (#4,351). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mince » est au #4,353. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around mince (IPA \mɛ̃s\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,353 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for mince, with forms such as "imnce", "micne", and "mincce". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mise", "mini", "mine", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is mince, spelled M-I-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui a peu d’épaisseur.
  2. 2
    Svelte, élancé, pas gros.
  3. 3
    Qui est faible, peu considérable, médiocre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how mince appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les betteraves, après avoir été lavées, sont découpées en cossettes très minces par un coupe-racines.
  2. Le reste du visage se composait d’un teint rosé, d’une lèvre mince, surmontée d’une moustache fauve et de dents admirables.

This word in other languages

thin(English)delgado(Español)dünn(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imnce
  • micne
  • mincce
  • minec
  • minnce
  • mmince
  • mnice

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mince - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

imnce2micne2mincce1minec2minnce1mmince1mnice2
Edit distance from "mince"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mince"?
"mince" is spelled M-I-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɛ̃s\.
What does "mince" mean?
As an adjective, "mince" means: Qui a peu d’épaisseur.
What words are commonly confused with "mince"?
"mince" is commonly confused with "mise", "mini", "mine". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mince"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mince" is \mɛ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mince" come from?
"mince" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

menée#4,351Nancy#4,355Laval#4,345joint#4,344

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

recul7 variantsfumer7 variantsremet7 variantssœurs7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list