# mince vs miner

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### mince
*noun · IPA /mɪns/ · frequency rank #28,293*
Finely chopped meat; minced meat.

### miner
*noun · IPA /ˈmaɪnə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #13,382*
A person who works in a mine.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mince-vs-miner