# mining

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmaɪnɪŋ/ · frequency rank #2,688

## Definitions
1. The activity of removing valuable resources (often minerals) from the earth.
2. Any activity that extracts or undermines.
3. The activity of placing mines (the explosive devices).
4. Creation of new units of cryptocurrency by validating transactions and demonstrating proof of work.

## Easily confused with
- **Minna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mining-vs-minna)
- **moving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mining-vs-moving)
- **mixing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mining-vs-mixing)
- **mowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mining-vs-mowing)
- **minion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mining-vs-minion)
- **musing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mining-vs-musing)
- **morning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mining-vs-morning)
- **missing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mining-vs-missing)
- **moaning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mining-vs-moaning)
- **mini** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mini-vs-mining)
- **ming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ming-vs-mining)
- **making** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/making-vs-mining)
- **mating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mating-vs-mining)
- **meaning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meaning-vs-mining)
- **mailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mailing-vs-mining)
- **milling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milling-vs-mining)
- **milking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milking-vs-mining)
- **minding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minding-vs-mining)
- **mending** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mending-vs-mining)

## Common misspellings (9)
`imning`, `miinng`, `minign`, `miningg`, `mininng`, `minnig`, `minning`, `mmining`, `mniing`

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