# Minecraft

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈmaɪnˌkɹæft/ · frequency rank #10,238

## Definitions
1. A sandbox video game, released in 2011, in which players explore a three-dimensional world made of blocks and can craft items, build structures, fight mobs to get experience points, enchant items and defeat bosses to earn rewards.

## Etymology
From mine + craft; coined by Paul Eres in May 2009, a member of the TIGSource Forums.

## Common misspellings (14)
`imnecraft`, `miencraft`, `minceraft`, `minecarft`, `mineccraft`, `minecrafft`, `minecraftt`, `minecratf`, `minecrfat`, `minecrraft`, `minercaft`, `minnecraft`, `mminecraft`, `mniecraft`

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