Which to use
“miner” and “mixé” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,047
- “miner” frequency rank
- #40,872
- “mixé” frequency rank
- 65919
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | miner | mixé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Creuser par-dessous un terrain, un rocher pour provoquer un effondrement ou pour y placer une mine. | Participe passé masculin singulier de mixer. |
Where the eye mixes miner and mixé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. miner runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against mixé's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: miner vs mixé
A purely visual mix-up. miner (\mi.ne\) and mixé (\mik.se\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65919, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
miner is recorded at frequency rank #25,047, classified as averb, pronounced \mi.ne\. mixé is at rank #40,872, tagged as averb, pronounced \mik.se\.
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 65919, this pair ranks #70,167 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of miner vs mixé
Shared letters: im. Private to "miner": enr. Private to "mixé": xé.
"miner" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "mixé" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- miner ← imner · mienr · minerr · minner · minre · mminer · mnier
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "miner" for "mixé" ever safe?
Frequency check: "miner" vs "mixé" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "miner" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mixé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #70,167 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "miner" and "mixé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mito vs mixé". 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 #70,167 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.