minevsmolineTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#971
“mine” frequency rank
#47,768
“moline” frequency rank
48739
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mine moline
Definition That or those belonging to me. The crossed iron that supports the upper millstone by resting on the spindle; a millrind.

Letter map: mine vs moline

Shared letters muted; letters that set mine and moline apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

4 ch
mine
6 ch
moline

Grammar separator: mine vs moline

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mine is apronoun and molineanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48739, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mine is recorded at frequency rank #971, classified as apron, pronounced /maɪ̯n/. moline is at rank #47,768, 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 48739, this pair ranks #190,200 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mine vs moline

Shared letters: eimn. Private to "mine": -. Private to "moline": lo.

"mine" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "moline" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mineimne · mien · minne · mmine · mnie
  • molinemloine · mmoline · moilne · molien · molinne · molline · molnie · omline

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mine" and "moline" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mine" is a pronoun and "moline" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary English text, does "mine" or "moline" show up more?
"mine" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #971 in our English list, against #47,768 for "moline". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "mine" vs "moline" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "moline" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #190,200 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mine" and "moline" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Malin vs moline". 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 #190,200 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list