miningvsstylesWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#22,436
“mining” frequency rank
#33,322
“styles” frequency rank
55758
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Letter map: mining vs styles

Shared letters muted; letters that set mining and styles apart highlighted. No shared letter run. mining (CVCVCC) and styles (CCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
mining
6 ch
styles

Corpus notes: mining and styles

mining and styles 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 share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55758, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mining is recorded at frequency rank #22,436, classified as averb, pronounced […]. styles is at rank #33,322, 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 55758, this pair ranks #966,957 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mining vs styles

Shared letters: none. Private to "mining": gimn. Private to "styles": elsty.

"mining" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "styles" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mining ← imning · miinng · minign · miningg · mininng · minnig · minning · mmining
  • styles ← sstyles · stlyes · sttyles · styels · styless · stylles · stylse · styyles

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mining" and "styles" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "mining" or "styles"?
"mining" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,436 in our German list, against #33,322 for "styles". 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 "styles".

  • Full dictionary entry for "mining" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "styles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #966,957 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mining" and "styles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs styles". 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 #966,957 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