ministre

\mi.nistʁ\

/\mi.nistʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“ministre” is in the everyday core of French, ranked #434 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#434
frequency rank, French
8
letters
11
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Personne chargée de remplir une fonction pour le compte d’autrui.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ministre vs monstre
75% similar
ministre vs ministres
89% similar
ministre vs minière
75% similar

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

Key facts for ministre
PropertyValue
Headwordministre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mi.nistʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#434
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “ministre” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). ministre lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for ministre is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mi.nistʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #434 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for ministre, with forms such as "imnistre", "miinstre", and "minisrte". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "monstre", "ministres", "minière", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is ministre, spelled M-I-N-I-S-T-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne chargée de remplir une fonction pour le compte d’autrui.
  2. 2
    Membre du clergé, pasteur luthérien.
  3. 3
    Chacune des personnes qui assurent le déroulement d’une liturgie catholique.
  4. 4
    Agent diplomatique représentant le gouvernement auprès des gouvernements étrangers qui comportent non une ambassade, mais une légation.
  5. 5
    Membre de premier rang d’un gouvernement.
  6. 6
    Épouse d’un ministre.
  7. 7
    Petit oiseau de la famille des Emberizidés que l'on trouve sur le continent américain, aussi appelé passerin indigo (Passerina cyanea).

Synonyms

bruant indigoministre indigopape indigo

This word in other languages

minister(English)ministro(Español)Minister(Deutsch)ministro(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: imnistre,miinstre,minisrte,minisstre,ministrre,ministtre,minitsre,minnistre,minsitre,mministre,mniistre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ministre - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

imnistre2miinstre2minisrte2minisstre1ministrre1ministtre1minitsre2minnistre1
Edit distance from "ministre"

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 "ministre"?
"ministre" is spelled M-I-N-I-S-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mi.nistʁ\.
What does "ministre" mean?
As a noun, "ministre" means: Personne chargée de remplir une fonction pour le compte d’autrui.
What words are commonly confused with "ministre"?
"ministre" is commonly confused with "monstre", "ministres", "minière". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ministre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ministre" is \mi.nistʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ministre" come from?
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Using “ministre”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is M-I-N-I-S-T-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \mi.nistʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “monstre” - see the side-by-side comparison. ministre vs monstre
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list