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“mines” and “moneys” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,340
- “mines” frequency rank
- #42,780
- “moneys” frequency rank
- 48120
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mines | moneys |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of mine | plural of money (used in the sense of plural of coins and bills, often with humorous intention) |
Letter map: mines vs moneys
Shared letters muted; letters that set mines and moneys apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. mines runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against moneys's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - mines / moneys
mines and moneys are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48120, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mines is recorded at frequency rank #5,340, classified as anoun, pronounced /maɪnz/. moneys is at rank #42,780, 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 48120, this pair ranks #196,090 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mines vs moneys
Shared letters: emns. Private to "mines": i. Private to "moneys": oy.
"mines" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "moneys" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "mines" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "moneys" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #196,090 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mines" and "moneys" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moneys vs Mowers". 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 #196,090 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.