Which to use
“mine” and “minute” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,885
- “mine” frequency rank
- #1,778
- “minute” frequency rank
- 4663
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mine | minute |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Endroit d’où l’on extrait le minerai, par opposition aux carrières. Elles peuvent être souterraines ou à ciel ouvert. | Unité de mesure de temps, compatible avec le Système international, et qui compte soixante secondes. Son symbole est min. |
Where the eye mixes mine and minute
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: mine vs minute
A purely visual mix-up. mine (\min\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4663, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mine is recorded at frequency rank #2,885, classified as anoun, pronounced \min\. 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 4663, this pair ranks #431,017 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mine vs minute
Shared letters: eimn. Private to "mine": -. Private to "minute": tu.
"mine" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "minute" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mine" for "minute" ever safe?
Which is more common, "mine" or "minute"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "mine" 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 #431,017 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mine" and "minute" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mine vs mito". 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 #431,017 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.