largovsminConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#49,040
“largo” frequency rank
#1,562
“min” frequency rank
50602
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature largo min
Definition breit Minute

Letter map: largo vs min

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

5 ch
largo
3 ch
min

Grammar separator: largo vs min

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: largo is anadjective and minanabbrev. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50602, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

largo is recorded at frequency rank #49,040, classified as anadj, 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 50602, this pair ranks #1,167,472 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of largo vs min

Shared letters: none. Private to "largo": aglor. Private to "min": imn.

"largo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "min" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • largoalrgo · lagro · larggo · larog · larrgo · llargo · lrago

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "largo" and "min" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "largo" is an adjective and "min" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "largo" or "min"?
"min" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,562 in our German list, against #49,040 for "largo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "largo" and "min".

  • Full dictionary entry for "largo" 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 #1,167,472 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "largo" and "min" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "largo 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 #1,167,472 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