# miner

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmaɪnə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #13,382

## Definitions
1. A person who works in a mine.
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. Any bird of one of several species of Australian honeyeaters in the genus Manorina.
5. Software or hardware that mines, or creates new units of cryptocurrency.
6. A person who mines cryptocurrency.

## Etymology
From mine + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix).

## Easily confused with
- **mir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/miner-vs-mir)
- **mini** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/miner-vs-mini)
- **mint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/miner-vs-mint)
- **ming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/miner-vs-ming)
- **mink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/miner-vs-mink)
- **mite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/miner-vs-mite)
- **Myer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/miner-vs-myer)
- **mire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/miner-vs-mire)
- **mino** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/miner-vs-mino)
- **money** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/miner-vs-money)
- **mixed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/miner-vs-mixed)
- **minor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/miner-vs-minor)
- **mines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/miner-vs-mines)
- **minus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/miner-vs-minus)
- **Mixer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/miner-vs-mixer)
- **mover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/miner-vs-mover)
- **Minsk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/miner-vs-minsk)
- **mower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/miner-vs-mower)
- **Monet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/miner-vs-monet)
- **mints** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/miner-vs-mints)

## Common misspellings (7)
`imner`, `mienr`, `minerr`, `minner`, `minre`, `mminer`, `mnier`

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