# mingle

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈmɪŋ.ɡəl/ · frequency rank #22,155

## Definitions
1. To intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product.
2. To associate or unite in a figurative way, or by ties of relationship.
3. To cause or allow to intermarry.
4. To intermarry.
5. To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate.
6. To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of.
7. To put together; to join.
8. To become mixed or blended.
9. To socialize with different people at a social event.

## Etymology
From earlier mingil, mengle, from Middle English menglen, equivalent to ming + -le. Cognate with Dutch mengelen (“to mingle, mix”), German mengen (“to mingle, mix”). More at ming.

## Easily confused with
- **minute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mingle-vs-minute)
- **Minnie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mingle-vs-minnie)
- **Minogue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mingle-vs-minogue)
- **mingled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mingle-vs-mingled)
- **mine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mine-vs-mingle)
- **mile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mile-vs-mingle)
- **ming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ming-vs-mingle)
- **mince** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mince-vs-mingle)
- **mille** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mille-vs-mingle)
- **midge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midge-vs-mingle)
- **middle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/middle-vs-mingle)
- **mantle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mantle-vs-mingle)
- **mangled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mangled-vs-mingle)

## Common misspellings (9)
`imngle`, `mignle`, `mingel`, `minggle`, `minglle`, `minlge`, `minngle`, `mmingle`, `mnigle`

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