Which to use
“mineure” is a noun and “mineurs” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,196
- “mineure” frequency rank
- #4,084
- “mineurs” frequency rank
- 14280
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mineure | mineurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle qui n’a pas atteint l’âge légal de la majorité dans son pays. | Masculin pluriel de mineur. |
Same sound, different letters: mineure vs mineurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - mineure and mineurs
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: mineure and mineurs carry the same recorded pronunciation, \mi.nœʁ\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “mineure” becomes s in “mineurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14280, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mineure is recorded at frequency rank #10,196, classified as anoun, pronounced \mi.nœʁ\. mineurs is at rank #4,084, tagged as anadj, 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 14280, this pair ranks #397,374 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mineure vs mineurs
Shared letters: eimnru. Private to "mineure": -. Private to "mineurs": s.
"mineure" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "mineurs" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mineure" and "mineurs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "mineure" vs "mineurs" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"mineure" and "mineurs" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "mineure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mineurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #397,374 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mineure" and "mineurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "meneuse vs mineure". 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 #397,374 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.