findsvsminTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#10,082
“finds” frequency rank
#1,562
“min” frequency rank
11644
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature finds min
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs find Minute

Letter map: finds vs min

Shared letters muted; letters that set finds and min apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

5 ch
finds
3 ch
min

Role in the sentence - finds and min

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: finds is averb and minanabbrev. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11644, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

finds is recorded at frequency rank #10,082, 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 11644, this pair ranks #1,968,719 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of finds vs min

Shared letters: in. Private to "finds": dfs. Private to "min": m.

"finds" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "min" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • findsffinds · fidns · findds · findss · finnds · finsd · fnids · ifnds

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "finds" for "min" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "finds" is a verb and "min" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "finds" or "min"?
"min" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,562 in our German list, against #10,082 for "finds". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "finds" 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 #1,968,719 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "finds" and "min" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "finds 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 #1,968,719 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