Which to use
“minable” and “minables” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,620
- “minable” frequency rank
- #26,439
- “minables” frequency rank
- 39059
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | minable | minables |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui semble être miné, usé par la misère, par le chagrin. | Pluriel de minable. |
Same sound, different letters: minable vs minables
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - minable and minables
This is the hard kind. minable and minables are pronounced identically (\mi.nabl\) 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) - “minable” sits inside “minables”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39059, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
minable is recorded at frequency rank #12,620, classified as anadj, pronounced \mi.nabl\. minables is at rank #26,439, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mi.nabl\.
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 39059, this pair ranks #250,811 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of minable vs minables
Shared letters: abeilmn. Private to "minable": -. Private to "minables": s.
"minable" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "minables" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "minable" and "minables" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "minable" or "minables" show up more?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "minable" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "minables" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #250,811 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "minable" and "minables" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maniable vs minable". 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 #250,811 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.