Which to use
“meneur” is a noun and “mineurs” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,509
- “meneur” frequency rank
- #4,084
- “mineurs” frequency rank
- 18593
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meneur | mineurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celui qui mène. | Masculin pluriel de mineur. |
Where the eye mixes meneur and mineurs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. meneur runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against mineurs's 7 (CVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: meneur vs mineurs
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: meneur is \mə.nœʁ\ while mineurs is \mi.nœʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18593, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
meneur is recorded at frequency rank #14,509, classified as anoun, pronounced \mə.nœʁ\. mineurs is at rank #4,084, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mi.nœʁ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 18593, this pair ranks #377,512 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of meneur vs mineurs
Shared letters: emnru. Private to "meneur": -. Private to "mineurs": is.
"meneur" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "mineurs" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "meneur" for "mineurs" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "meneur" or "mineurs" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "meneur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mineurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #377,512 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meneur" and "mineurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Meier vs meneur". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #377,512 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.