minevsMmeWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: mine is a pronoun, Mme is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mine” is a pronoun and “Mme” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#971
“mine” frequency rank
#30,506
“Mme” frequency rank
31477
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mine Mme
Definition That or those belonging to me. Abbreviation of Madame.

Letter map: mine vs Mme

Shared letters muted; letters that set mine and Mme apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
mine
3 ch
Mme

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mine is apronoun and Mmeanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31477, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mine is recorded at frequency rank #971, classified as apron, pronounced /maɪ̯n/. Mme is at rank #30,506, tagged as anoun.

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 31477, this pair ranks #345,768 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mine vs Mme

Shared letters: em. Private to "mine": in. Private to "Mme": -.

"mine" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Mme" · 3 letters · shape CCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mineimne · mien · minne · mmine · mnie

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mine" and "Mme" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mine" is a pronoun and "Mme" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "mine" or "Mme"?
"mine" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #971 in our English list, against #30,506 for "Mme". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list