miningvsusersTell them apart

Quick tell: mining is a verb, users is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mining” is a verb and “users” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#22,436
“mining” frequency rank
#35,513
“users” frequency rank
57949
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mining users
Definition Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs mine Plural des Substantivs user

Letter map: mining vs users

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

6 ch
mining
5 ch
users

Role in the sentence - mining and users

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mining is averb and usersanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57949, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mining is recorded at frequency rank #22,436, classified as averb, pronounced […]. users is at rank #35,513, tagged as anoun, 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 57949, this pair ranks #881,547 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mining vs users

Shared letters: none. Private to "mining": gimn. Private to "users": ersu.

"mining" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "users" · 5 letters · shape VCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mining ← imning · miinng · minign · miningg · mininng · minnig · minning · mmining
  • users ← suers · uesrs · userrs · userss · usesr · usres · ussers

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mining" and "users" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mining" is a verb and "users" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "mining" or "users" show up more?
"mining" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,436 in our German list, against #35,513 for "users". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "mining" vs "users" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mining" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "users" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #881,547 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mining" and "users" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs users". 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 #881,547 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