Minos
\mi.nos\
The verdict
“Minos” is uncommon French (frequency #55,442 among 202,672 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,442
- frequency rank, French
- 202,672
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Roi légendaire de Crète, fils de Zeus et d’Europe selon la mythologie grecque.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Minos |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \mi.nos\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #55,442 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Minos” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Minos is uncommon French at frequency #55,442 among 202,672 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \mi.nos\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Roi légendaire de Crète, fils de Zeus et d’Europe selon la mythologie grecque.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Minos in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Minos, spelled M-I-N-O-S.
Definition
- 1Roi légendaire de Crète, fils de Zeus et d’Europe selon la mythologie grecque.
This word in other languages
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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Using “Minos”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-I-N-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mi.nos\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.