mini-cassette
\mi.ni.ka.sɛt\
The verdict
“mini-cassette” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cassette pour enregistrement ou lecture audio, de petit format. Ce format était, en particulier, utilisé dans les dictaphones de poche.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mini-cassette · mini-cassette · French
mini-cassette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mini-cassette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mi.ni.ka.sɛt\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mini-cassette » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mini-cassette is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mi.ni.ka.sɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cassette pour enregistrement ou lecture audio, de petit format. Ce format était, en particulier, utilisé dans les dictaphones de poche.".
mini-cassette doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is mini-cassette, spelled M-I-N-I---C-A-S-S-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Cassette pour enregistrement ou lecture audio, de petit format. Ce format était, en particulier, utilisé dans les dictaphones de poche.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mini-cassette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Véronique allume une autre cigarette et branche sa mini-cassette…
Mais il fallait sauver les mini-cassettes que Roro avait cachées discrètement sous son cahier d’exercices.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.