mix

\miks\

/\miks\/ noun

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The verdict

“mix” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #7,727) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#7,727
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mixage, mélange.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mix · mix · French

mix · rank #7,727 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,727
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH merveilleuse

Nearest frequency peer: merveilleuse (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « mix »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « mix » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

mix vs mm
33% similar
mix vs MR
0% similar
mix vs my
33% similar

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

Key facts for mix
PropertyValue
Headwordmix
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\miks\
Letters3
Frequency rank#7,727
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « mix »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « merveilleuse » (#7,726), « morales » (#7,728), « mails » (#7,725). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mix » est au #7,727. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for mix is neighbouring look-alikes ("mm", "MR", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \miks\. Frequency #7,727 among 5,038 “M” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Zero misspellings are on record for mix in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mm", "MR", "my", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is mix, spelled M-I-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mixage, mélange.
  2. 2
    Mélange de farine de blé, d'autres céréales ou de légumineuses, parfois d'acide ascorbique, de graines, etc. que les minotiers fournissent aux boulangers pour la préparation simplifier des pains. Il en existe aussi pour la préparation de certaines spécialités pâtissières.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C’est le cas de Gwendoline Matos, également membre de l’équipe de France, mais de goalball (un mix de bowling et de handball qui n’a pas son équivalent chez les valides).
  2. Le « boulanger » produit des pains à partir d'un mélange de farine et d'additifs dont il ne connaît pas la composition pour la bonne raison qu'il s'agit d'un secret de minotier - le fabricant de farine. Il suffit alors de mélanger ce « mix » avec de l'eau pour reproduire les gestes appris lors d'un stage.

This word in other languages

Mix(Deutsch)

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 "mix"?
"mix" is spelled M-I-X. The IPA pronunciation is \miks\.
What does "mix" mean?
As a noun, "mix" means: Mixage, mélange.
What words are commonly confused with "mix"?
"mix" is commonly confused with "mm", "MR", "my". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mix"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mix" is \miks\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mix" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pue#7,745fox#7,832rdv#7,616lie#7,855

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list