# mine

> English word · Pronoun · IPA /maɪ̯n/ · frequency rank #971

## Definitions
1. That or those belonging to me.
2. That or those belonging to me.
3. That or those belonging to me.
4. That or those belonging to me.
5. That or those belonging to me.

## Etymology
From Middle English min, myn, from Old English mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *méynos.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian mien, West Frisian myn, Dutch mijn, Low German mien, German mein, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian min, Icelandic mín.

## Easily confused with
- **MN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mine-vs-mn)
- **mix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mine-vs-mix)
- **mon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mine-vs-mon)
- **mit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mine-vs-mit)
- **moe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mine-vs-moe)
- **mir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mine-vs-mir)
- **mun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mine-vs-mun)
- **MSN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mine-vs-msn)
- **Mme** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mine-vs-mme)
- **miz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mine-vs-miz)
- **more** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mine-vs-more)
- **move** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mine-vs-move)
- **miss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mine-vs-miss)
- **mode** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mine-vs-mode)
- **mini** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mine-vs-mini)
- **monk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mine-vs-monk)
- **mint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mine-vs-mint)
- **mist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mine-vs-mist)
- **mole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mine-vs-mole)
- **mute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mine-vs-mute)

## Common misspellings (5)
`imne`, `mien`, `minne`, `mmine`, `mnie`

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