imagesvsminWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#14,328
“images” frequency rank
#1,562
“min” frequency rank
15890
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature images min
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs image Minute

Letter map: images vs min

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

6 ch
images
3 ch
min

Grammar separator: images vs min

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: images is averb and minanabbrev. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15890, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

images is recorded at frequency rank #14,328, 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 15890, this pair ranks #1,940,297 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of images vs min

Shared letters: im. Private to "images": aegs. Private to "min": n.

"images" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "min" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • imagesiamges · imaegs · imagess · imagges · imagse · imgaes · immages · miages

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "images" for "min" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "images" is a verb and "min" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "images" or "min"?
"min" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,562 in our German list, against #14,328 for "images". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "images" 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 #1,940,297 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "images" and "min" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "images 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 #1,940,297 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