minimales

\mi.ni.mal\

/\mi.ni.mal\/ adj

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The verdict

“minimales” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,734. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,734
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de minimal.

Corpus desk

Index FR-minimales · minimales · French

minimales · rank #25,734 · 13 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,734
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH miniers

Nearest frequency peer: miniers (-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 « minimales »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « minimales » 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).

minimales vs minimes
78% similar
minimales vs minimal
78% similar
minimales vs minimale
89% similar

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

Key facts for minimales
PropertyValue
Headwordminimales
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mi.ni.mal\
Letters9
Frequency rank#25,734
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « minimales »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.minimalesse 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 « miniers » (#25,733), « miraculeuse » (#25,735), « mess » (#25,732). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « minimales » est au #25,734. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around minimales (IPA \mi.ni.mal\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #25,734 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de minimal.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for minimales, with forms such as "imnimales", "miinmales", and "miniamles". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "minimes", "minimal", "minimale", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is minimales, spelled M-I-N-I-M-A-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de minimal.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Si les températures minimales sont frisquettes, la carte météo rougit une fois venu l’après-midi.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imnimales
  • miinmales
  • miniamles
  • minimaels
  • minimaless
  • minimalles
  • minimalse
  • minimlaes
  • minimmales
  • minmiales
  • minnimales
  • mminimales
  • mniimales

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

imnimales2miinmales2miniamles2minimaels2minimaless1minimalles1minimalse2minimlaes2
Edit distance from "minimales"

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mercredis#25,731mendiants#25,730mutualité#25,747parcourus#25,762

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

McDonald13 variantspigments13 variantspossesseurs13 variantsincognito13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list