fussesvsminingWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“fusses” and “mining” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#33,054
“fusses” frequency rank
#22,436
“mining” frequency rank
55490
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fusses mining
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs fuss Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs mine

Letter map: fusses vs mining

Shared letters muted; letters that set fusses and mining apart highlighted. No shared letter run. fusses (CVCCVC) and mining (CVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
fusses
6 ch
mining

Corpus notes: fusses and mining

fusses and mining are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55490, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fusses is recorded at frequency rank #33,054, classified as averb, pronounced […]. mining is at rank #22,436, tagged as averb, 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 55490, this pair ranks #977,530 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fusses vs mining

Shared letters: none. Private to "fusses": efsu. Private to "mining": gimn.

"fusses" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "mining" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fusses ← ffusses · fsuses · fusess · fussess · fussse · fußes · ufsses
  • mining ← imning · miinng · minign · miningg · mininng · minnig · minning · mmining

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "fusses" and "mining" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "fusses" vs "mining" - which ranks higher?
"mining" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,436 in our German list, against #33,054 for "fusses". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "fusses" and "mining". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fusses" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mining" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #977,530 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fusses" and "mining" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fusses 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 #977,530 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