cruisesvsminConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#39,876
“cruises” frequency rank
#1,562
“min” frequency rank
41438
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cruises min
Definition Plural des Substantivs cruise Minute

Letter map: cruises vs min

Shared letters muted; letters that set cruises and min apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. cruises runs 7 letters (CCVVCVC) against min's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
cruises
3 ch
min

Role in the sentence - cruises and min

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cruises is anoun and minanabbrev. On the page they differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41438, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cruises is recorded at frequency rank #39,876, 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 41438, this pair ranks #1,479,416 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cruises vs min

Shared letters: i. Private to "cruises": cersu. Private to "min": mn.

"cruises" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC  ·  "min" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cruisesccruises · criuses · crruises · cruiess · cruisess · cruisses · crusies · curises

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "cruises" and "min" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cruises" is a noun and "min" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "cruises" 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 #39,876 for "cruises". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "cruises" 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 #1,479,416 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cruises" and "min" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cruises 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 #1,479,416 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