Which to use
“minas” and “miner” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,425
- “minas” frequency rank
- #25,047
- “miner” frequency rank
- 63472
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | minas | miner |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier du passé simple de miner. | Creuser par-dessous un terrain, un rocher pour provoquer un effondrement ou pour y placer une mine. |
Where the eye mixes minas and miner
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. minas and miner follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between minas and miner
A purely visual mix-up. minas (\mi.na\) and miner (\mi.ne\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63472, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
minas is recorded at frequency rank #38,425, classified as averb, pronounced \mi.na\. miner is at rank #25,047, tagged as averb, pronounced \mi.ne\.
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 63472, this pair ranks #81,791 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of minas vs miner
Shared letters: imn. Private to "minas": as. Private to "miner": er.
"minas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "miner" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "minas" for "miner" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "minas" or "miner" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "minas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "miner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #81,791 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "minas" and "miner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "minas 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 #81,791 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.