Which to use
“mining” is a verb and “unsern” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,436
- “mining” frequency rank
- #24,966
- “unsern” frequency rank
- 47402
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mining | unsern |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs mine | Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum attributiv des Pronomens unser |
Letter map: mining vs unsern
Shared letters muted; letters that set mining and unsern apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. mining (CVCVCC) and unsern (VCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Grammar separator: mining vs unsern
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mining is averb and unsernadeterminer. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47402, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mining is recorded at frequency rank #22,436, classified as averb, pronounced […]. unsern is at rank #24,966, tagged as adet, 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 47402, this pair ranks #1,285,524 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mining vs unsern
Shared letters: n. Private to "mining": gim. Private to "unsern": ersu.
"mining" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "unsern" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mining" and "unsern" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "mining" vs "unsern" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "mining" and "unsern".
- Full dictionary entry for "mining" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "unsern" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,285,524 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mining" and "unsern" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs unsern". 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 #1,285,524 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.