minority
\maɪ.ˈnɒɹ.ɪ.ti\
The verdict
“minority” is uncommon French (frequency #63,175 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,175
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État d’une personne mineure.
Corpus desk
Index FR-minority · minority · French
minority · rank #63,175 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,175
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH militait
Nearest frequency peer: militait (-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 « minority »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- miels
miels
36,829 corpus weight
- Mikkelsen
Mikkelsen
36,828 corpus weight
- militait
militait
36,827 corpus weight
- minority
minority
36,826 corpus weight
- MNS
MNS
36,825 corpus weight
- modos
modos
36,824 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « minority » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | minority |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \maɪ.ˈnɒɹ.ɪ.ti\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #63,175 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « minority » en français
Rare enough to double-check
minority is uncommon French at frequency #63,175 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \maɪ.ˈnɒɹ.ɪ.ti\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for minority, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is minority, spelled M-I-N-O-R-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1État d’une personne mineure.
- 2Groupe en petit nombre, minorité.
- 3Groupe social dominé.
Synonyms
Antonyms
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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