mined
/maɪnd/
"mined" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mined” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #16,971. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,971
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - That has been mined (in various senses).
Corpus desk
Index EN-mined · mined · English
mined · rank #16,971 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,971
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH mindfulness
Nearest frequency peer: mindfulness (-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 “mined”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Michaels
Michaels
83,032 corpus weight
- mindfulness
mindfulness
83,031 corpus weight
- mined
mined
83,030 corpus weight
- MJ
MJ
83,029 corpus weight
- moderator
moderator
83,028 corpus weight
- momma
momma
83,027 corpus weight
What this shows “mined” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | mined |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /maɪnd/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #16,971 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “mined”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around mined (IPA /maɪnd/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,971 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "That has been mined (in various senses).".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for mined, with forms such as "imned", "miend", and "minde". 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, "mini", "mint", "ming", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is mined, spelled M-I-N-E-D.
Definition
- 1That has been mined (in various senses).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mined appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The mined block is added to the "blockchain", a big, unbreakable ledger that lives on the bitcoin network and serves as a record of all transactions.
Fifteen years after the end of one of Africa's longest wars, Angola remains one of the world's most heavily mined countries. Swaths of Angola are still littered with land mines, some produced decades ago in countries that no longer exist.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imned
- miend
- minde
- minned
- mmined
- mnied
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mined - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).