minuscule
\mi.nys.kyl\
The verdict
“minuscule” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,197. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,197
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Très petit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-minuscule · minuscule · French
minuscule · rank #10,197 · 13 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,197
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH mineure
Nearest frequency peer: mineure (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « minuscule »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- metro
metro
89,807 corpus weight
- militante
militante
89,806 corpus weight
- mineure
mineure
89,805 corpus weight
- minuscule
minuscule
89,804 corpus weight
- minéraux
minéraux
89,803 corpus weight
- mobiliser
mobiliser
89,802 corpus weight
What this shows « minuscule » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | minuscule |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \mi.nys.kyl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #10,197 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « minuscule »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around minuscule (IPA \mi.nys.kyl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,197 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for minuscule, with forms such as "imnuscule", "minnuscule", and "minsucule". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "minuscules", "majuscule", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is minuscule, spelled M-I-N-U-S-C-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1Très petit.
- 2Sans importance.
- 3Petite en parlant d’une lettre, par opposition à majuscule et capitale.
- 4Petite en parlant d’une lettre, par opposition à majuscule et capitale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how minuscule appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le rivage n’était pas entièrement continu, le récif était frangé d’îles qui présentaient entre elles de minuscules passes.
Kara essuya ses yeux humides et regarda autour d'elle. La minuscule boutique était bourrée d'articles de sorcellerie.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imnuscule
- minnuscule
- minsucule
- minucsule
- minusccule
- minusclue
- minuscuel
- minusculle
- minusscule
- minusucle
- miunscule
- mminuscule
- mniuscule
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of minuscule - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).