Which to use
“mineures” is an adjective and “minutes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,427
- “mineures” frequency rank
- #402
- “minutes” frequency rank
- 13829
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mineures | minutes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de mineur. | Pluriel de minute. |
Where the eye mixes mineures and minutes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. mineures runs 8 letters (CVCVVCVC) against minutes's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between mineures and minutes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mineures is \mi.nœʁ\ while minutes is \mi.nyt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13829, 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\. minutes is at rank #402, 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 13829, this pair ranks #399,386 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mineures vs minutes
Shared letters: eimnsu. Private to "mineures": r. Private to "minutes": t.
"mineures" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC · "minutes" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mineures" and "minutes" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "mineures" or "minutes"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "mineures" and "minutes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mineures" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "minutes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #399,386 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mineures" and "minutes" 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 #399,386 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.