Which to use
“minted” is an adjective and “mints” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,379
- “minted” frequency rank
- #28,295
- “mints” frequency rank
- 57674
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | minted | mints |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | made into coinage; coined | plural of mint |
Letter map: minted vs mints
Shared letters muted; letters that set minted and mints apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Role in the sentence - minted and mints
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: minted is anadjective and mintsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57674, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
minted is recorded at frequency rank #29,379, classified as anadj. mints is at rank #28,295, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mɪnts/.
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 57674, this pair ranks #117,796 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of minted vs mints
Shared letters: imnt. Private to "minted": de. Private to "mints": s.
"minted" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "mints" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "minted" for "mints" ever safe?
Frequency check: "minted" vs "mints" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "minted" and "mints".
- Full dictionary entry for "minted" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mints" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #117,796 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "minted" and "mints" 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 #117,796 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.