Which to use
“minutes” and “minutie” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #402
- “minutes” frequency rank
- #36,497
- “minutie” frequency rank
- 36899
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | minutes | minutie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de minute. | Chose de peu d’importance. |
Where the eye mixes minutes and minutie
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. minutes (CVCVCVC) and minutie (CVCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between minutes and minutie
A purely visual mix-up. minutes (\mi.nyt\) and minutie (\mi.ny.si\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36899, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
minutes is recorded at frequency rank #402, classified as anoun, pronounced \mi.nyt\. minutie is at rank #36,497, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mi.ny.si\.
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 36899, this pair ranks #266,325 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of minutes vs minutie
Shared letters: eimntu. Private to "minutes": s. Private to "minutie": -.
"minutes" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "minutie" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "minutes" for "minutie" ever safe?
Frequency check: "minutes" vs "minutie" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "minutes" and "minutie" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "minutes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "minutie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #266,325 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "minutes" and "minutie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "minette vs minutie". 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 #266,325 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.