minutieux

\mi.ny.sjø\

/\mi.ny.sjø\/ adj

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The verdict

“minutieux” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,288. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,288
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui s’attache aux minuties, qui y fait grande attention.

Corpus desk

Index FR-minutieux · minutieux · French

minutieux · rank #24,288 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,288
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH MILF

Nearest frequency peer: MILF (-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 « minutieux »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « minutieux » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

minutieux vs minutie
78% similar
minutieux vs minutieuse
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for minutieux
PropertyValue
Headwordminutieux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mi.ny.sjø\
Letters9
Frequency rank#24,288
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « minutieux »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.minutieuxse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « MILF » (#24,287), « mmm » (#24,289), « monastique » (#24,290). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « minutieux » est au #24,288. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around minutieux (IPA \mi.ny.sjø\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,288 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for minutieux, with forms such as "imnutieux", "minnutieux", and "mintuieux". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "minutie", "minutieuse", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is minutieux, spelled M-I-N-U-T-I-E-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui s’attache aux minuties, qui y fait grande attention.
  2. 2
    Qui est fait avec minutie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how minutieux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le compositeur particulièrement désigné comme homme de conscience doit être excellent ouvrier, minutieux, et d'une conduite régulière.
  2. À voir la netteté de ce logement de garçon, je m’imagine un employé, un de ces êtres minutieux qui installent dans toute leur vie l’exactitude de l’heure du bureau et l’ordre des cartons étiquetés.

This word in other languages

detailed(English)pingelig(Deutsch)minucioso(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imnutieux
  • minnutieux
  • mintuieux
  • minuiteux
  • minuteiux
  • minutieuxx
  • minutiexu
  • minutiuex
  • minuttieux
  • miuntieux
  • mminutieux
  • mniutieux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of minutieux - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

imnutieux2minnutieux1mintuieux2minuiteux2minuteiux2minutieuxx1minutiexu2minutiuex2
Edit distance from "minutieux"

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 "minutieux"?
"minutieux" is spelled M-I-N-U-T-I-E-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \mi.ny.sjø\.
What does "minutieux" mean?
As an adjective, "minutieux" means: Qui s’attache aux minuties, qui y fait grande attention.
What words are commonly confused with "minutieux"?
"minutieux" is commonly confused with "minutie", "minutieuse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "minutieux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "minutieux" is \mi.ny.sjø\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "minutieux" come from?
"minutieux" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

noisettes#24,304justicier#24,261passation#24,320instables#24,254

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

Meredith12 variantsménagère12 variantsméridien12 variantsmalherbe12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list