Which to use
“mines” and “minois” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,341
- “mines” frequency rank
- #49,223
- “minois” frequency rank
- 52564
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mines | minois |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de mine. | Visage ; face. |
Where the eye mixes mines and minois
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: mines vs minois
A purely visual mix-up. mines (\min\) and minois (\mi.nwa\) 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 52564, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mines is recorded at frequency rank #3,341, classified as anoun, pronounced \min\. minois is at rank #49,223, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mi.nwa\.
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 52564, this pair ranks #146,855 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mines vs minois
Shared letters: imns. Private to "mines": e. Private to "minois": o.
"mines" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "minois" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mines" and "minois" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "mines" or "minois"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "mines" and "minois" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mines" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "minois" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #146,855 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mines" and "minois" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mino 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 #146,855 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.