minedvsmovedConfusable pair

Which to use

“mined” and “moved” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#16,971
“mined” frequency rank
#1,053
“moved” frequency rank
18024
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mined moved
Definition That has been mined (in various senses). Emotionally affected; touched.

Where the eye mixes mined and moved

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
mined
5 ch
moved

Visual trap between mined and moved

A purely visual mix-up. mined (/maɪnd/) and moved (/muːvd/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18024, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mined is recorded at frequency rank #16,971, classified as anadj, pronounced /maɪnd/. moved is at rank #1,053, tagged as anadj, pronounced /muːvd/.

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 18024, this pair ranks #447,616 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of mined vs moved

Shared letters: dem. Private to "mined": in. Private to "moved": ov.

"mined" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "moved" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • minedimned · miend · minde · minned · mmined · mnied
  • movedmmoved · moevd · movde · movedd · movved · mvoed · omved

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mined" and "moved" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/maɪnd/ versus /muːvd/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "mined" vs "moved" - which ranks higher?
"moved" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,053 in our English list, against #16,971 for "mined". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "mined" and "moved" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mined" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "moved" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #447,616 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mined" and "moved" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mined vs miser". 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 #447,616 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