minon
\mi.nɔ̃\
The verdict
“minon” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom d’amitié que les enfants donnent aux chats.
Corpus desk
Index FR-minon · minon · French
minon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | minon |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mi.nɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « minon » en français
Rare enough to double-check
minon is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mi.nɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for minon in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is minon, spelled M-I-N-O-N.
Definition
- 1Nom d’amitié que les enfants donnent aux chats.
- 2Chaton d'une fleur mâle de châtaignier ou de noisetier.
- 3Amas de poussière ; moutons.
- 4Amas de fibres textiles accrochées à un tissu.
- 5Palatine, sorte de fourrure que les femmes portent au cou.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how minon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Viens, minon, mon petit minon.
On appelle les animaux domestiques par leur nom, s'ils en ont. Le chat ou le chien peuvent avoir leur nom propre. On appellera le chat soit par son nom, soit simplement en lui criant « Minon, minon, minon ! »
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.