min
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The verdict
“min” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #1,562) as an abbreviation. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #1,562
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Minute
Corpus desk
Index DE-min · min · German
min · rank #1,562 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,562
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH kämpfen
Nearest frequency peer: kämpfen (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “min”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Karten
Karten
98,442 corpus weight
- Konzept
Konzept
98,441 corpus weight
- kämpfen
kämpfen
98,440 corpus weight
- min
min
98,439 corpus weight
- notwendig
notwendig
98,438 corpus weight
- näher
näher
98,437 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “min” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | min |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #1,562 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “min” sits in German frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for min is neighbouring look-alikes ("mm", "my", …), not just typos; it is anabbreviation pronounced […]. Frequency #1,562 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Gloss: "Minute".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for min, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mm", "my", "Mr", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is min, spelled M-I-N.
Definition
- 1Minute
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how min appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nach 2 min 32 s erreichte der erste Läufer das Ziel.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.