mina
"mina" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mina” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #18,370) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #18,370
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 3
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of myna.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mina · mina · English
mina · rank #18,370 · 3 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,370
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 3 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH moor
Nearest frequency peer: moor (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbours of confusable “mina”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- mechanically
mechanically
81,634 corpus weight
- Mikey
Mikey
81,633 corpus weight
- mina
mina
81,631 corpus weight
- moor
moor
81,630 corpus weight
- Moreno
Moreno
81,629 corpus weight
- muffin
muffin
81,628 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “mina” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mina |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #18,370 |
| Misspellings tracked | 3 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus rank beside confusables of “mina”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for mina is neighbouring look-alikes ("MN", "mix", …), not just typos; it is anoun. Frequency #18,370 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of myna.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for mina, with forms such as "imna", "mmina", and "mnia". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "MN", "mix", "mon", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hindi मैना (mainā)/Urdu مینا (mainā), from Sanskrit मदन (madana). The correct English form is mina, spelled M-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of myna.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi मैना (mainā)/Urdu مینا (mainā), from Sanskrit मदन (madana).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imna
- mmina
- mnia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mina - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mina", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).