miner
/ˈmaɪnə(ɹ)/noun
miner is spelled M-I-N-E-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.8 times per million words in written English, the 13,321st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “miner vs minor” about 880 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, miner means “A person who works in a mine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of miner is miners.
How many letters and syllables are in miner?
| Letters | 5: M-I-N-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.8 times per million words; the 13,321st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is miner?
Miner appears 3.8 times per million words in written English, the 13,321st 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 miner?
- /ˈmaɪnə(ɹ)/
Miner has 2 syllables (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-miner.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with miner
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: minor, myna (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of miner
- miners plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does miner mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person who works in a mine.
Near-synonyms: mineworker; mineowner
- 2
An operator of ordnance mines and similar explosives.
- 3
Any bird of one of several species of South American ovenbirds in the genus Geositta.
- 4
Software or hardware that mines, or creates new units of cryptocurrency.
- 5
A person who mines cryptocurrency.
- 6
Any bird of one of four species of Australian endemic honeyeaters in the genus Manorina.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Miner in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person who works in a mine:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | mineur |
| German | Bergmann, Bergarbeiter |
| Portuguese | mineiro |
| Spanish | minero |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does miner come from?
From mine + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).