# minced

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #28,996

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

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

## Easily confused with
- **mind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minced-vs-mind)
- **mine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minced-vs-mine)
- **mixed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minced-vs-mixed)
- **mines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minced-vs-mines)
- **miner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minced-vs-miner)
- **mined** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minced-vs-mined)
- **mired** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minced-vs-mired)
- **missed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minced-vs-missed)
- **minded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minced-vs-minded)
- **misled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minced-vs-misled)
- **minted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minced-vs-minted)
- **mingled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minced-vs-mingled)
- **mice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mice-vs-minced)
- **mince** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mince-vs-minced)
- **manned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manned-vs-minced)
- **milled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milled-vs-minced)
- **Merced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merced-vs-minced)
- **miffed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/miffed-vs-minced)

## Common misspellings (9)
`imnced`, `micned`, `mincced`, `mincde`, `mincedd`, `minecd`, `minnced`, `mminced`, `mniced`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/minced