miningvsslotsWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“mining” and “slots” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#22,436
“mining” frequency rank
#33,822
“slots” frequency rank
56258
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mining slots
Definition Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs mine 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs slot

Letter map: mining vs slots

Shared letters muted; letters that set mining and slots apart highlighted. No shared letter run. mining runs 6 letters (CVCVCC) against slots's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
mining
5 ch
slots

Corpus notes: mining and slots

mining and slots are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56258, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mining is recorded at frequency rank #22,436, classified as averb, pronounced […]. slots is at rank #33,822, tagged as averb, 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 56258, this pair ranks #947,205 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mining vs slots

Shared letters: none. Private to "mining": gimn. Private to "slots": lost.

"mining" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "slots" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mining ← imning · miinng · minign · miningg · mininng · minnig · minning · mmining
  • slots ← lsots · sllots · slost · slotss · slotts · sltos · solts · sslots

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mining" for "slots" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "mining" vs "slots" - which ranks higher?
"mining" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,436 in our German list, against #33,822 for "slots". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "mining" and "slots".

  • Full dictionary entry for "mining" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "slots" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #947,205 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mining" and "slots" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs slots". 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 #947,205 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