mixte

\mikst\

/\mikst\/ adj

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The verdict

“mixte” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,479. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,479
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est mélangé, qui est composé de plusieurs choses de différente nature et qui participe de la nature des unes et des autres.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mixte · mixte · French

mixte · rank #5,479 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,479
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH messe

Nearest frequency peer: messe (-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 « mixte »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « mixte » 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).

mixte vs muté
40% similar
mixte vs morte
60% similar
mixte vs monte
60% similar

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

Key facts for mixte
PropertyValue
Headwordmixte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mikst\
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,479
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mixte »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « messe » (#5,478), « moulin » (#5,480), « matt » (#5,477). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mixte » est au #5,479. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around mixte (IPA \mikst\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,479 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for mixte, with forms such as "imxte", "mitxe", and "mixet". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "muté", "morte", "monte", and more, 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 mixte, spelled M-I-X-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est mélangé, qui est composé de plusieurs choses de différente nature et qui participe de la nature des unes et des autres.
  2. 2
    Ce qui tient compte d’idées, de sentiments, de genres différents.
  3. 3
    Qui relève de plus d'une branche du droit.
  4. 4
    Qui mélange les deux sexes.
  5. 5
    Qui unit deux religions.
  6. 6
    Qualifie une race qui a plusieurs productions économiquement importantes par exemple à la fois le lait et la viande, en opposition aux races spécialisées.
  7. 7
    Mélangé et constitué à la fois de feuillus et de résineux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Corps mixte.
  2. Il s’est fait en politique une opinion mixte.

This word in other languages

mixed(English)mixto(Español)misturado(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imxte
  • mitxe
  • mixet
  • mixtte
  • mixxte
  • mmixte
  • mxite

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mixte - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

imxte2mitxe2mixet2mixtte1mixxte1mmixte1mxite2
Edit distance from "mixte"

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 "mixte"?
"mixte" is spelled M-I-X-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mikst\.
What does "mixte" mean?
As an adjective, "mixte" means: Qui est mélangé, qui est composé de plusieurs choses de différente nature et qui participe de la nature des unes et des autres.
What words are commonly confused with "mixte"?
"mixte" is commonly confused with "muté", "morte", "monte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mixte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mixte" is \mikst\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mixte" come from?
"mixte" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

messe#5,478plomb#5,484kilos#5,472joues#5,471

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

suisses7 variantsDijon7 variantscoucou7 variantsBrise7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list