Which to use
“minceur” and “mineure” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,046
- “minceur” frequency rank
- #10,196
- “mineure” frequency rank
- 35242
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | minceur | mineure |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qualité de ce qui est mince. | Celle qui n’a pas atteint l’âge légal de la majorité dans son pays. |
Where the eye mixes minceur and mineure
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. minceur (CVCCVVC) and mineure (CVCVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: minceur vs mineure
A purely visual mix-up. minceur (\mɛ̃.sœʁ\) and mineure (\mi.nœʁ\) 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 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35242, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
minceur is recorded at frequency rank #25,046, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɛ̃.sœʁ\. mineure is at rank #10,196, tagged as anoun, 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 35242, this pair ranks #278,137 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of minceur vs mineure
Shared letters: eimnru. Private to "minceur": c. Private to "mineure": -.
"minceur" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "mineure" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "minceur" for "mineure" ever safe?
Frequency check: "minceur" vs "mineure" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "minceur" and "mineure" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "minceur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mineure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #278,137 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "minceur" and "mineure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "minceur vs mixeur". 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 #278,137 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.