minced

adj

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"minced" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“minced” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #28,996. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,996
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Finely chopped.

Corpus desk

Index EN-minced · minced · English

minced · rank #28,996 · 9 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,996
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH militarily

Nearest frequency peer: militarily (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “minced”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “minced” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

minced vs mind
67% similar
minced vs mine
67% similar
minced vs mixed
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for minced
PropertyValue
Headwordminced
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters6
Frequency rank#28,996
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “minced”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).mincedlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “militarily” (#28,995), “mishap” (#28,997), “mew” (#28,994). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “minced” is #28,996. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around minced, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #28,996 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for minced, with forms such as "imnced", "micned", and "mincced". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "mind", "mine", "mixed", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English mynced, ymynced, y-mynsed. By surface analysis, mince + -ed. The correct English form is minced, spelled M-I-N-C-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Finely chopped.
  2. 2
    Minutely subdivided.
  3. 3
    Weakened, extenuated.

Etymology

From Middle English mynced, ymynced, y-mynsed. By surface analysis, mince + -ed.

This word in other languages

picado(Español)haché(Français)gehackt(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imnced
  • micned
  • mincced
  • mincde
  • mincedd
  • minecd
  • minnced
  • mminced
  • mniced

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of minced - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

imnced2micned2mincced1mincde2mincedd1minecd2minnced1mminced1
Edit distance from "minced"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "minced"?
"minced" is spelled M-I-N-C-E-D.
What does "minced" mean?
As an adjective, "minced" means: Finely chopped.
What words are commonly confused with "minced"?
"minced" is commonly confused with "mind", "mine", "mixed". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "minced"?
From Middle English mynced, ymynced, y-mynsed. By surface analysis, mince + -ed. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "minced", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mishap#28,997Mojave#28,999Medici#28,990mallet#28,987

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Lubbock9 variantslocust9 variantsLawton9 variantsOrkney9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list