Minna
\ˈmi.n:a\
The verdict
“Minna” is uncommon French (frequency #77,711 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,711
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin
Corpus desk
Index FR-minna · Minna · French
Minna · rank #77,711 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,711
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH minium
Nearest frequency peer: minium (-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 « Minna »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- mima
mima
22,292 corpus weight
- minium
minium
22,291 corpus weight
- Minna
Minna
22,290 corpus weight
- minne
minne
22,289 corpus weight
- Miossec
Miossec
22,288 corpus weight
- miou
miou
22,287 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Minna » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Minna |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ˈmi.n:a\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #77,711 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Minna » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Minna is uncommon French at frequency #77,711 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ˈmi.n:a\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom féminin".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Minna, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Minna, spelled M-I-N-N-A.
Definition
- 1Prénom féminin
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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