mina
noun
mina is spelled M-I-N-A: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,297th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Mina, the name). As a noun, mina means “Alternative spelling of myna” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mina is minas or minae.
How many letters and syllables are in mina?
| Letters | 4: M-I-N-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.2 times per million words; the 18,297th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is mina?
Mina appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,297th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Mina, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce mina?
Mina has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with mina
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with mina?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as mina.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: main, mani, amin, iman, inam.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of mina
- minas plural
- minae plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mina mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of myna.
- 2
A monetary unit of ancient Greece and the Middle East, originally equivalent to the weight of a mina of silver.
- 3
A unit of weight of varying value used in the ancient Middle East, especially Babylonia, Mesopotamia and Egypt; also an ancient Greek measure of weight equivalent to 1/60th of a talent, approximately 400-700 grams.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Mina in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense monetary unit:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does mina come from?
Borrowed from Hindi मैना (mainā)/Urdu مینا (mainā), from Sanskrit मदन (madana).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).