minéral

\mi.ne.ʁal\

/\mi.ne.ʁal\/ adj

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The verdict

“minéral” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,481. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,481
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif au minerai.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mineral · minéral · French

minéral · rank #17,481 · 11 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,481
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH miniatures

Nearest frequency peer: miniatures (-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 « minéral »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « minéral » 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).

minéral vs minimal
71% similar
minéral vs mistral
71% similar
minéral vs Minerve
43% similar

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

Key facts for minéral
PropertyValue
Headwordminéral
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mi.ne.ʁal\
Letters7
Frequency rank#17,481
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « minéral »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).minéralse 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 « miniatures » (#17,480), « mirage » (#17,482), « marxisme » (#17,479). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « minéral » est au #17,481. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around minéral (IPA \mi.ne.ʁal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #17,481 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for minéral, with forms such as "imnéral", "mineral", and "minnéral". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "minimal", "mistral", "Minerve", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is minéral, spelled M-I-N-É-R-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif au minerai.
  2. 2
    Inorganique, ni animal ni végétal.
  3. 3
    Qui contient des matières inorganiques.
  4. 4
    Qualifie des arômes développant des notes de pierre à fusil, de pétrole.
  5. 5
    Immobile.
  6. 6
    Froid, métallique.
  7. 7
    Rigide, sec.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce pays est plein de ressources minérales.
  2. Privée de grandes richesses houillères et minérales, elle [la France] se consacrait de préférence au finissage des articles et aux produits de luxe.

Antonyms

organique

This word in other languages

mineral(English)mineral(Español)mineral(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imnéral
  • mineral
  • minnéral
  • minréal
  • minéarl
  • minérall
  • minérla
  • minérral
  • miénral
  • mminéral
  • mniéral

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of minéral - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

imnéral2mineral1minnéral1minréal2minéarl2minérall1minérla2minérral1
Edit distance from "minéral"

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 "minéral"?
"minéral" is spelled M-I-N-É-R-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is \mi.ne.ʁal\.
What does "minéral" mean?
As an adjective, "minéral" means: Relatif au minerai.
What words are commonly confused with "minéral"?
"minéral" is commonly confused with "minimal", "mistral", "Minerve". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "minéral"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "minéral" is \mi.ne.ʁal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "minéral" come from?
"minéral" 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 "minéral", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

maigres#17,476luttent#17,471Ludovic#17,470Kremlin#17,465

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

mouchoir11 variantsnéfaste11 variantspelletier11 variantspellicule11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list