Which to use
“mining” is a verb and “of” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,436
- “mining” frequency rank
- #324
- “of” frequency rank
- 22760
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mining | of |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs mine | von |
Letter map: mining vs of
Shared letters muted; letters that set mining and of apart highlighted. No shared letter run.
Role in the sentence - mining and of
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mining is averb and ofapreposition. On the page they differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22760, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mining is recorded at frequency rank #22,436, classified as averb, pronounced […]. of is at rank #324, tagged as aprep, 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 22760, this pair ranks #1,870,120 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mining vs of
Shared letters: none. Private to "mining": gimn. Private to "of": fo.
"mining" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "of" · 2 letters · shape VC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mining ← imning · miinng · minign · miningg · mininng · minnig · minning · mmining
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mining" for "of" ever safe?
Frequency check: "mining" vs "of" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "mining" and "of".
- Full dictionary entry for "mining" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "of" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,870,120 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mining" and "of" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mining 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 #1,870,120 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.