mined
/maɪnd/adjective, verb
mined is spelled M-I-N-E-D: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,896th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, mined means “That has been mined (in various senses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in mined?
| Letters | 5: M-I-N-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.6 times per million words; the 16,896th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is mined?
Mined appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,896th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce mined?
- US /maɪnd/
- British /mɑjnd/
- Australia /mɑend/
Mined has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-mind.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with mined
Sounds like: mind (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with mined?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as mined from its last stressed vowel (/aɪnd/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: denim, demin.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of mined
- more mined comparative
- most mined superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mined mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
That has been mined (in various senses).
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of mine
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).