Choose the correctly spelt word:
Minuscule
This spelling item hinges on the origin of the word, which settles the tricky vowel in the middle.
The word means extremely small or tiny, and it comes from the Latin 'minus', meaning 'less'.
Because the root is 'minus', the correct spelling keeps a 'u' after 'min-': 'Minuscule' (m-i-n-u-s-c-u-l-e).
'Miniscule' is a very common misspelling, wrongly influenced by the prefix 'mini-', but it is not the accepted standard form.
'Miniscuele' repeats that 'mini-' error and adds an extra 'e' before 'le', making it doubly wrong.
'Minouscule' inserts an 'o' that has no place in the Latin root 'minus'.
Tracing the word to 'minus' confirms the correctly spelt option is Minuscule.
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