Which to use
“mineures” and “mineurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,427
- “mineures” frequency rank
- #4,084
- “mineurs” frequency rank
- 17511
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mineures | mineurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de mineur. | Masculin pluriel de mineur. |
Same sound, different letters: mineures vs mineurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. mineures runs 8 letters (CVCVVCVC) against mineurs's 7 (CVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - mineures and mineurs
This is the hard kind. mineures and mineurs are pronounced identically (\mi.nœʁ\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17511, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mineures is recorded at frequency rank #13,427, classified as anadj, 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 17511, this pair ranks #382,809 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mineures vs mineurs
Shared letters: eimnrsu. Private to "mineures": -. Private to "mineurs": -.
"mineures" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC · "mineurs" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mineures" and "mineurs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "mineures" vs "mineurs" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "mineures" / "mineurs". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "mineures" 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 #382,809 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mineures" and "mineurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mineures vs montures". 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 #382,809 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.