minots

\mi.no\

/\mi.no\/ noun

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The verdict

“minots” is uncommon French (frequency #70,845 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,845
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de minot.

Corpus desk

Index FR-minots · minots · French

minots · rank #70,845 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,845
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH minimas

Nearest frequency peer: minimas (-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 « minots »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « minots » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for minots
PropertyValue
Headwordminots
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mi.no\
Letters6
Frequency rank#70,845
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « minots » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.minotstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « minimas » (#70,844), « mirabelles » (#70,846), « minibar » (#70,843). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « minots » est au #70,845. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

minots is uncommon French at frequency #70,845 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mi.no\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de minot.".

minots has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 minots, spelled M-I-N-O-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de minot.

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 "minots"?
"minots" is spelled M-I-N-O-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mi.no\.
What does "minots" mean?
As a noun, "minots" means: Pluriel de minot.
How do you pronounce "minots"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "minots" is \mi.no\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "minots" come from?
"minots" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "minots", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mimant#70,842mouarf#70,863massée#70,822myopes#70,868

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list