evenvsminWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#18,532
“even” frequency rank
#1,562
“min” frequency rank
20094
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature even min
Definition eben, ausgeglichen Minute

Letter map: even vs min

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

4 ch
even
3 ch
min

Grammar separator: even vs min

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: even is anadjective and minanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20094, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

even is recorded at frequency rank #18,532, classified as anadj, 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 20094, this pair ranks #1,901,340 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of even vs min

Shared letters: n. Private to "even": ev. Private to "min": im.

"even" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "min" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • eveneevn · evenn · evne · evven · veen

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "even" for "min" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "even" is an adjective and "min" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "even" 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 #18,532 for "even". 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 "even" and "min".

  • Full dictionary entry for "even" 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 #1,901,340 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "even" and "min" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "even 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 #1,901,340 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