labelsvsminWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#17,640
“labels” frequency rank
#1,562
“min” frequency rank
19202
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature labels min
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs label Minute

Letter map: labels vs min

Shared letters muted; letters that set labels and min apart highlighted. No shared letter run.

6 ch
labels
3 ch
min

Part-of-speech tell for labels / min

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: labels is averb and minanabbrev. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19202, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

labels is recorded at frequency rank #17,640, 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 19202, this pair ranks #1,910,794 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of labels vs min

Shared letters: none. Private to "labels": abels. Private to "min": imn.

"labels" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "min" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • labelsalbels · labbels · labells · labelss · labesl · lables · laebls · lbaels

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "labels" and "min" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "labels" is a verb and "min" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "labels" 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 #17,640 for "labels". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "labels" 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 #1,910,794 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "labels" and "min" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "labels 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 #1,910,794 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