Which to use
“mint” is a noun and “minted” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,065
- “mint” frequency rank
- #29,379
- “minted” frequency rank
- 37444
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mint | minted |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence. | made into coinage; coined |
Letter map: mint vs minted
Shared letters muted; letters that set mint and minted apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for mint / minted
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mint is anoun and mintedanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “mint” sits inside “minted”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37444, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mint is recorded at frequency rank #8,065, classified as anoun, pronounced /mɪnt/. 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 37444, this pair ranks #294,537 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mint vs minted
Shared letters: imnt. Private to "mint": -. Private to "minted": de.
"mint" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "minted" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mint" and "minted" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "mint" vs "minted" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "mint" 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 #294,537 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mint" 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 #294,537 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.