claimsvsminWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#45,201
“claims” frequency rank
#1,562
“min” frequency rank
46763
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature claims min
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs claim Minute

Letter map: claims vs min

Shared letters muted; letters that set claims and min apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

6 ch
claims
3 ch
min

Part-of-speech tell for claims / min

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: claims is averb and minanabbrev. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46763, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

claims is recorded at frequency rank #45,201, 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 46763, this pair ranks #1,307,880 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of claims vs min

Shared letters: im. Private to "claims": acls. Private to "min": n.

"claims" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC  ·  "min" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • claimscalims · cclaims · claimms · claimss · claism · clamis · cliams · cllaims

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "claims" for "min" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "claims" is a verb and "min" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "claims" or "min"?
"min" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,562 in our German list, against #45,201 for "claims". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "claims" 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 #1,307,880 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "claims" and "min" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "claims 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 #1,307,880 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