LohmannvsminWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#31,161
“Lohmann” frequency rank
#1,562
“min” frequency rank
32723
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Lohmann min
Definition deutschsprachiger Familienname, Nachname Minute

Letter map: Lohmann vs min

Shared letters muted; letters that set Lohmann and min apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

7 ch
Lohmann
3 ch
min

Part-of-speech tell for Lohmann / min

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Lohmann is aname and minanabbrev. On the page they differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32723, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Lohmann is recorded at frequency rank #31,161, classified as aname, 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 32723, this pair ranks #1,701,413 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Lohmann vs min

Shared letters: mn. Private to "Lohmann": ahlo. Private to "min": i.

"Lohmann" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "min" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Lohmannlhomann · llohmann · lohamnn · lohhmann · lohman · lohmmann · lohmnan · lomhann

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Lohmann" and "min" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Lohmann" is a name and "min" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Lohmann" 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 #31,161 for "Lohmann". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "Lohmann" and "min". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Lohmann" 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 #1,701,413 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Lohmann" and "min" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lohmann 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 #1,701,413 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