minisérie
\mi.ni.se.ʁi\
The verdict
“minisérie” is uncommon French (frequency #69,239 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,239
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Série composée de très peu d’épisodes (par exemple 6).
Corpus desk
Index FR-miniserie · minisérie · French
minisérie · rank #69,239 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,239
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH minéralisation
Nearest frequency peer: minéralisation (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « minisérie »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- medal
medal
30,767 corpus weight
- mendiante
mendiante
30,765 corpus weight
- minisérie
minisérie
30,762 corpus weight
- minéralisat…
minéralisation
30,761 corpus weight
- mobilière
mobilière
30,760 corpus weight
- moni
moni
30,759 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « minisérie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | minisérie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mi.ni.se.ʁi\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #69,239 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « minisérie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
minisérie is uncommon French at frequency #69,239 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mi.ni.se.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Série composée de très peu d’épisodes (par exemple 6).".
Zero misspellings are on record for minisérie in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is minisérie, spelled M-I-N-I-S-É-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1Série composée de très peu d’épisodes (par exemple 6).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how minisérie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La chaîne câblée USA diffusera cet été Political Animals, une minisérie sur une ancienne première dame devenue Secrétaire d’État.
Les actrices américaines Holly Hunter et Elisabeth Moss tiendront les rôles principaux de Top of the Lake, une minisérie écrite et réalisée par la cinéaste Jane Campion, avance Deadline.com.
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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.
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