Minden
[ˈmɪndn̩]
The verdict
“Minden” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #9,776 in German word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #9,776
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
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 | Minden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɪndn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #9,776 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Minden” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Minden is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmɪndn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,776 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Minden, with forms such as "imnden", "midnen", and "mindden". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Mine", "Minen", "monde", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Minden, spelled M-I-N-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: imnden,midnen,mindden,mindenn,mindne,minedn,minnden,mminden,mniden
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Minden - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “Minden”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-I-N-D-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmɪndn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Mine” - see the side-by-side comparison. Minden vs Mine
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.