Which to use
“minute” and “mixité” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,778
- “minute” frequency rank
- #14,739
- “mixité” frequency rank
- 16517
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | minute | mixité |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Unité de mesure de temps, compatible avec le Système international, et qui compte soixante secondes. Son symbole est min. | État de ce qui est mixte, en général en parlant des sexes. |
Where the eye mixes minute and mixité
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. minute and mixité follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between minute and mixité
A purely visual mix-up. minute (\mi.nyt\) and mixité (\mik.si.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16517, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
minute is recorded at frequency rank #1,778, classified as anoun, pronounced \mi.nyt\. mixité is at rank #14,739, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mik.si.te\.
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 16517, this pair ranks #387,478 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of minute vs mixité
Shared letters: imt. Private to "minute": enu. Private to "mixité": xé.
"minute" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "mixité" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- minute ← imnute · minnute · mintue · minuet · minutte · miunte · mminute · mniute
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "minute" and "mixité" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "minute" vs "mixité" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "minute" and "mixité" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "minute" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mixité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #387,478 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "minute" and "mixité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mixé vs mixité". 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 #387,478 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.