Which to use
“meiner” is an unknown and “minor” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #252
- “meiner” frequency rank
- #26,528
- “minor” frequency rank
- 26780
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meiner | minor |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Genitiv des Personalpronomens ich | kleiner |
Where the eye mixes meiner and minor
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: meiner vs minor
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: meiner is [ˈmaɪ̯nɐ] while minor is [ˈmaɪnə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (unknown vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26780, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
meiner is recorded at frequency rank #252, classified as anunknown, pronounced [ˈmaɪ̯nɐ]. minor is at rank #26,528, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈmaɪnə].
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 26780, this pair ranks #1,812,507 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of meiner vs minor
Shared letters: imnr. Private to "meiner": e. Private to "minor": o.
"meiner" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "minor" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "meiner" for "minor" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "meiner" or "minor" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "meiner" and "minor" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "meiner" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "minor" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,812,507 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meiner" and "minor" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "minor vs miro". 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 #1,812,507 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.