Which to use
“melted” is a verb and “minted” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,917
- “melted” frequency rank
- #29,379
- “minted” frequency rank
- 39296
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | melted | minted |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of melt | made into coinage; coined |
Letter map: melted vs minted
Shared letters muted; letters that set melted and minted apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Role in the sentence - melted and minted
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: melted is averb and mintedanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39296, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
melted is recorded at frequency rank #9,917, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈmɛltɪd/. minted is at rank #29,379, tagged as anadj.
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 39296, this pair ranks #277,974 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of melted vs minted
Shared letters: demt. Private to "melted": l. Private to "minted": in.
"melted" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "minted" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "melted" and "minted" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "melted" vs "minted" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "melted" vs "minted" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "melted" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "minted" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #277,974 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "melted" and "minted" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "miffed vs minted". 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 #277,974 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.