# Minsk

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /mɪnsk/ · frequency rank #25,141

## Definitions
1. The capital city of Belarus.

## Etymology
From Russian Минск (Minsk) or Belarusian Мінск (Minsk).

## Easily confused with
- **miss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minsk-vs-miss)
- **monk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minsk-vs-monk)
- **mint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minsk-vs-mint)
- **mist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minsk-vs-mist)
- **musk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minsk-vs-musk)
- **Mons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minsk-vs-mons)
- **minus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minsk-vs-minus)
- **Missy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minsk-vs-missy)
- **mints** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minsk-vs-mints)
- **minty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minsk-vs-minty)
- **missa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/minsk-vs-missa)
- **min** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/min-vs-minsk)
- **mind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mind-vs-minsk)
- **mine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mine-vs-minsk)
- **milk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milk-vs-minsk)
- **mini** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mini-vs-minsk)
- **mask** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mask-vs-minsk)
- **mick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mick-vs-minsk)
- **mans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mans-vs-minsk)
- **ming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ming-vs-minsk)

## Common misspellings (8)
`imnsk`, `minks`, `minnsk`, `minskk`, `minssk`, `misnk`, `mminsk`, `mnisk`

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