minvsMinisWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: min is a abbrev, Minis is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#1,562
“min” frequency rank
#41,998
“Minis” frequency rank
43560
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature min Minis
Definition Minute Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Mini

Letter map: min vs Minis

Shared letters muted; letters that set min and Minis apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

3 ch
min
5 ch
Minis

Grammar separator: min vs Minis

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: min is anabbrev and Minisanoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “min” sits inside “Minis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43560, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

min is recorded at frequency rank #1,562, classified as anabbrev, pronounced […]. Minis is at rank #41,998, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmɪnis].

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 43560, this pair ranks #1,414,246 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of min vs Minis

Shared letters: imn. Private to "min": -. Private to "Minis": s.

"min" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "Minis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Minisimnis · miins · miniss · minnis · minsi · mminis · mniis

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "min" and "Minis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "min" is an abbrev and "Minis" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "min" or "Minis" show up more?
"min" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,562 in our German list, against #41,998 for "Minis". 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 "min" and "Minis". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "min" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Minis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,414,246 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "min" and "Minis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Milfs vs Minis". 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 #1,414,246 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