Men or min?
men is an interjection meaning “Expressing disdain for male behavior, particularly toxic masculinity”; min is a noun meaning “minoxidil”. Use men as an interjection and min as a noun (men is also a noun: “(The) people, humanity, man(kind)”). In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) men is about 12 times as common as min.
What is the difference between men and min?
| men | min | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun, interjection, suffix | noun, adjective, verb |
| Meaning | informalminoxidil | |
| Example | "Muster up the men in the barracks at 0600," the lieutenant said to his sergeant | Dinner's ready, darling! – Be there in a min! |
| Forms | none | mins mins. |
| Pronunciation | /mɛn/ /mɪn/ | /mɪn/ |
| In writing | 324 times per million words | 26 times per million words |
Sources: men and min in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of men and min
men
- 1
dated(The) people, humanity, man(kind)
- 2
Acronym of multiple endocrine neoplasia
- 3
derogatoryoffensiveExpressing disdain for male behavior, particularly toxic masculinity
- 4
datedEnlisted personnel (as opposed to commissioned officers)
"Muster up the men in the barracks at 0600," the lieutenant said to his sergeant
min
- 1
Abbreviation of minute
- 2
Abbreviation of minimum
- 3
informalminoxidil
- 4
Abbreviation of minimal
- 5
colloquialClipping of minute
Dinner's ready, darling! – Be there in a min!
- 6
colloquialClipping of minimum
He's gotta be at least 60, min!
- 7
Abbreviation of minimum
- 8
Abbreviation of minute
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, men or min?
men appears 324 times per million words; min 26 times per million words.
men 324 times per million wordsmin 26 times per million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).