meinervsMineWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: meiner is a unknown, Mine is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“meiner” is an unknown and “Mine” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#252
“meiner” frequency rank
#10,699
“Mine” frequency rank
10951
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature meiner Mine
Definition 1. Person Singular Genitiv des Personalpronomens ich Bergwerk, Stollen

Where the eye mixes meiner and Mine

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
meiner
4 ch
Mine

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: meiner is [ˈmaɪ̯nɐ] while Mine is [ˈmiːnə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (unknown vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10951, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

meiner is recorded at frequency rank #252, classified as anunknown, pronounced [ˈmaɪ̯nɐ]. Mine is at rank #10,699, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmiːnə].

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 10951, this pair ranks #1,972,482 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of meiner vs Mine

Shared letters: eimn. Private to "meiner": r. Private to "Mine": -.

"meiner" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "Mine" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • meinereminer · meienr · meinerr · meinner · meinre · menier · miener · mmeiner
  • Mineimne · minne · mmine · mnie

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "meiner" and "Mine" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "meiner" is an unknown and "Mine" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "meiner" or "Mine"?
"meiner" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #252 in our German list, against #10,699 for "Mine". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "meiner" and "Mine". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "meiner" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Mine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,972,482 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "meiner" and "Mine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Mine vs münz". 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

PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list