crewvsminWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#6,171
“crew” frequency rank
#1,562
“min” frequency rank
7733
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature crew min
Definition Belegschaft Minute

Letter map: crew vs min

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

4 ch
crew
3 ch
min

Role in the sentence - crew and min

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: crew is anoun and minanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7733, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

crew is recorded at frequency rank #6,171, classified as anoun, 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 7733, this pair ranks #1,987,098 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of crew vs min

Shared letters: none. Private to "crew": cerw. Private to "min": imn.

"crew" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "min" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • crewccrew · cerw · creww · crrew · crwe · rcew

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "crew" and "min" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "crew" is a noun and "min" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "crew" vs "min" - which ranks higher?
"min" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,562 in our German list, against #6,171 for "crew". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "crew" vs "min" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "crew" 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 #1,987,098 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "crew" and "min" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crew 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 #1,987,098 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