broadcastvsminWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: broadcast is a verb, min is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“broadcast” is a verb and “min” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#45,189
“broadcast” frequency rank
#1,562
“min” frequency rank
46751
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature broadcast min
Definition eine Radio-/ Fernsehsendung ausstrahlen, übertragen Minute

Letter map: broadcast vs min

Shared letters muted; letters that set broadcast and min apart highlighted. No shared letter run.

9 ch
broadcast
3 ch
min

Role in the sentence - broadcast and min

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: broadcast is averb and minanabbrev. On the page they differ by 6 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46751, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

broadcast is recorded at frequency rank #45,189, classified as averb, pronounced […]. min is at rank #1,562, tagged as anabbrev, pronounced […].

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 46751, this pair ranks #1,308,284 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of broadcast vs min

Shared letters: none. Private to "broadcast": abcdorst. Private to "min": imn.

"broadcast" · 9 letters · shape CCVVCCVCC  ·  "min" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • broadcastbbroadcast · boradcast · braodcast · broacdast · broadacst · broadcasst · broadcastt · broadcats

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "broadcast" and "min" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "broadcast" is a verb and "min" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "broadcast" or "min" show up more?
"min" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,562 in our German list, against #45,189 for "broadcast". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "broadcast" and "min".

  • Full dictionary entry for "broadcast" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "min" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,308,284 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "broadcast" and "min" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "broadcast vs puzzles". 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 #1,308,284 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list