Which to use
“miffed” and “mined” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,355
- “miffed” frequency rank
- #16,971
- “mined” frequency rank
- 65326
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | miffed | mined |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Somewhat indignant, irritated, angry, in a snit, put out or annoyed. | That has been mined (in various senses). |
Where the eye mixes miffed and mined
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. miffed runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against mined's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: miffed vs mined
A purely visual mix-up. miffed (/mɪft/) and mined (/maɪnd/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65326, 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/. mined is at rank #16,971, tagged as anadj, pronounced /maɪnd/.
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 65326, this pair ranks #73,322 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of miffed vs mined
Shared letters: deim. Private to "miffed": f. Private to "mined": n.
"miffed" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "mined" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "miffed" and "mined" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "miffed" vs "mined" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "miffed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mined" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #73,322 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "miffed" and "mined" 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 #73,322 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.