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.
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
- finds ← ffinds · fidns · findds · findss · finnds · finsd · fnids · ifnds
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "finds" for "min" ever safe?
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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.