Which to use
“miffed” and “minded” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,355
- “miffed” frequency rank
- #5,611
- “minded” frequency rank
- 53966
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | miffed | minded |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Somewhat indignant, irritated, angry, in a snit, put out or annoyed. | Having or exemplifying a mind of the stated type, nature or inclination. |
Where the eye mixes miffed and minded
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. miffed and minded follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: miffed vs minded
A purely visual mix-up. miffed (/mɪft/) and minded (/ˈmaɪndɪd/) 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 53966, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
miffed is recorded at frequency rank #48,355, classified as anadj, pronounced /mɪft/. minded is at rank #5,611, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈmaɪndɪd/.
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 53966, this pair ranks #144,776 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of miffed vs minded
Shared letters: deim. Private to "miffed": f. Private to "minded": n.
"miffed" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "minded" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "miffed" and "minded" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "miffed" vs "minded" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "miffed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "minded" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #144,776 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "miffed" and "minded" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "miffed vs mired". 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 #144,776 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.