Which to use
“minced” is an adjective and “mine” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,996
- “minced” frequency rank
- #971
- “mine” frequency rank
- 29967
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | minced | mine |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Finely chopped. | That or those belonging to me. |
Letter map: minced vs mine
Shared letters muted; letters that set minced and mine apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for minced / mine
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: minced is anadjective and mineapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29967, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
minced is recorded at frequency rank #28,996, classified as anadj. mine is at rank #971, tagged as apron, pronounced /maɪ̯n/.
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 29967, this pair ranks #358,513 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of minced vs mine
Shared letters: eimn. Private to "minced": cd. Private to "mine": -.
"minced" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "mine" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "minced" and "mine" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "minced" or "mine"?
Useful next steps
Pair "minced" vs "mine" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "minced" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #358,513 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "minced" and "mine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "miffed vs minced". 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 #358,513 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.