Which to use
“meute” and “minute” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,633
- “meute” frequency rank
- #1,778
- “minute” frequency rank
- 15411
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meute | minute |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troupe de chiens courants dressés pour la vénerie ou chasse à courre. | Unité de mesure de temps, compatible avec le Système international, et qui compte soixante secondes. Son symbole est min. |
Where the eye mixes meute and minute
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between meute and minute
A purely visual mix-up. meute (\møt\) and minute (\mi.nyt\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15411, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
meute is recorded at frequency rank #13,633, classified as anoun, pronounced \møt\. minute is at rank #1,778, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mi.nyt\.
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 15411, this pair ranks #392,472 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of meute vs minute
Shared letters: emtu. Private to "meute": -. Private to "minute": in.
"meute" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "minute" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "meute" and "minute" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "meute" vs "minute" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "meute" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "minute" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #392,472 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meute" and "minute" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "meute vs meutre". 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 #392,472 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.