Which to use
“mingled” is a verb and “minted” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,197
- “mingled” frequency rank
- #29,379
- “minted” frequency rank
- 63576
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mingled | minted |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of mingle | made into coinage; coined |
Letter map: mingled vs minted
Shared letters muted; letters that set mingled and minted apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for mingled / minted
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mingled is averb and mintedanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63576, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mingled is recorded at frequency rank #34,197, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈmɪŋɡl̩d/. minted is at rank #29,379, tagged as anadj.
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 63576, this pair ranks #82,212 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mingled vs minted
Shared letters: deimn. Private to "mingled": gl. Private to "minted": t.
"mingled" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC · "minted" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mingled" and "minted" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "mingled" vs "minted" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "mingled" and "minted".
- Full dictionary entry for "mingled" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "minted" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #82,212 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mingled" and "minted" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "miffed vs minted". 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 #82,212 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.