miner
/ˈmaɪnə(ɹ)/
"miner" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“miner” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #13,382 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #13,382
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person who works in a mine.
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 | miner |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmaɪnə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #13,382 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “miner” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for miner is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈmaɪnə(ɹ)/. Corpus data places it at rank #13,382 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for miner, with forms such as "imner", "mienr", and "minerr". 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, "mir", "mini", "mint", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mine + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix). The correct English form is miner, spelled M-I-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1A person who works in a mine.
- 2An operator of ordnance mines and similar explosives.
- 3Any bird of one of several species of South American ovenbirds in the genus Geositta.
- 4Any bird of one of several species of Australian honeyeaters in the genus Manorina.
- 5Software or hardware that mines, or creates new units of cryptocurrency.
- 6A person who mines cryptocurrency.
Etymology
From mine + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: imner,mienr,minerr,minner,minre,mminer,mnier
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of miner - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “miner”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-I-N-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈmaɪnə(ɹ)/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “mir” - see the side-by-side comparison. miner vs mir
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.