Which to use
“mince” and “mino” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,293
- “mince” frequency rank
- #47,197
- “mino” frequency rank
- 75490
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mince | mino |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Finely chopped meat; minced meat. | A traditional Japanese raincoat made from straw. |
Where the eye mixes mince and mino
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. mince runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against mino's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between mince and mino
A purely visual mix-up. mince (/mɪns/) and mino (/ˈmɪnəʊ/) 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 75490, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mince is recorded at frequency rank #28,293, classified as anoun, pronounced /mɪns/. mino is at rank #47,197, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmɪnəʊ/.
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 75490, this pair ranks #32,942 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mince vs mino
Shared letters: imn. Private to "mince": ce. Private to "mino": o.
"mince" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "mino" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mince" and "mino" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "mince" or "mino" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "mince" and "mino" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mince" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mino" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #32,942 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mince" and "mino" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "malo vs mino". 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 #32,942 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.