Which to use
“men's” and “mines” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,245
- “men's” frequency rank
- #5,340
- “mines” frequency rank
- 8585
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | men's | mines |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | possessive case of men: belonging to some or all male humans. | plural of mine |
Where the eye mixes men's and mines
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. men's (/mɛnz/) and mines (/maɪnz/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8585, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
men's is recorded at frequency rank #3,245, classified as anoun, pronounced /mɛnz/. mines is at rank #5,340, tagged as anoun, pronounced /maɪnz/.
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 8585, this pair ranks #501,765 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of men's vs mines
Shared letters: emns. Private to "men's": -. Private to "mines": i.
"men's" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "mines" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mines ← imnes · miens · miness · minnes · minse · mmines · mnies