Which to use
“minime” and “minis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,318
- “minime” frequency rank
- #40,868
- “minis” frequency rank
- 55186
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | minime | minis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est très petit, très peu considérable. | Pluriel de mini. |
Where the eye mixes minime and minis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. minime runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against minis's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses minime with minis
A purely visual mix-up. minime (\mi.nim\) and minis (\mi.ni\) 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 55186, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
minime is recorded at frequency rank #14,318, classified as anadj, pronounced \mi.nim\. minis is at rank #40,868, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mi.ni\.
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 55186, this pair ranks #129,096 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of minime vs minis
Shared letters: imn. Private to "minime": e. Private to "minis": s.
"minime" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "minis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "minime" for "minis" ever safe?
Which is more common, "minime" or "minis"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "minime" and "minis" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "minime" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "minis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #129,096 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "minime" and "minis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "minis 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 #129,096 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.