# men's vs minus

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### men's
*noun · IPA /mɛnz/ · frequency rank #3,245*
possessive case of men: belonging to some or all male humans.

### minus
*preposition · IPA /ˈmaɪ.nəs/ · frequency rank #7,158*
Made less or reduced by (followed by an expression of number or quantity).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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