Which to use
“meinten” is a verb and “Minen” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,329
- “meinten” frequency rank
- #15,435
- “Minen” frequency rank
- 25764
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meinten | Minen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs meinen | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Mine |
Where the eye mixes meinten and Minen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. meinten runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against Minen's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between meinten and Minen
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: meinten is [ˈmaɪ̯ntn̩] while Minen is [ˈmiːnən]. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25764, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
meinten is recorded at frequency rank #10,329, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈmaɪ̯ntn̩]. Minen is at rank #15,435, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmiːnən].
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 25764, this pair ranks #1,828,350 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of meinten vs Minen
Shared letters: eimn. Private to "meinten": t. Private to "Minen": -.
"meinten" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "Minen" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "meinten" and "Minen" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "meinten" or "Minen" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "meinten" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Minen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,828,350 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meinten" and "Minen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mailen vs Minen". 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 #1,828,350 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.