Which to use
“mignon” and “mignons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,861
- “mignon” frequency rank
- #15,938
- “mignons” frequency rank
- 19799
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mignon | mignons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui, dans son apparence menue, offre de la grâce et de la gentillesse. | Masculin pluriel de mignon. |
Same sound, different letters: mignon vs mignons
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - mignon and mignons
This is the hard kind. mignon and mignons are pronounced identically (\mi.ɲɔ̃\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “mignon” sits inside “mignons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19799, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mignon is recorded at frequency rank #3,861, classified as anadj, pronounced \mi.ɲɔ̃\. mignons is at rank #15,938, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mi.ɲɔ̃\.
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 19799, this pair ranks #371,492 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mignon vs mignons
Shared letters: gimno. Private to "mignon": -. Private to "mignons": s.
"mignon" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "mignons" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mignon" and "mignons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "mignon" vs "mignons" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"mignon" and "mignons" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "mignon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mignons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #371,492 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mignon" and "mignons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mignons vs minois". 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 #371,492 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.