mint

/mɪnt/

//mɪnt// noun

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"mint" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“mint” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,065. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,065
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.

Corpus desk

Index EN-mint · mint · English

mint · rank #8,065 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,065
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH Marco

Nearest frequency peer: Marco (-2 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Frequency neighbourhood for “mint”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “mint” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

mint vs MT
0% similar
mint vs MN
0% similar
mint vs mix
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for mint
PropertyValue
Headwordmint
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/mɪnt/
Letters4
Frequency rank#8,065
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mint” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). mint lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around mint (IPA /mɪnt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,065 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for mint, with forms such as "imnt", "minnt", and "mintt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "MT", "MN", "mix", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English mynt, münet (“money, coin”), from Old English mynet (“coin”), from late Proto-West Germanic *munit, from Latin monēta (“place for making coins, coined money”), from the temple of Juno Moneta (named for Monēta mother of the Muses), where … The correct English form is mint, spelled M-I-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
  2. 2
    A vast sum of money; (by extension) a large amount of something.
  3. 3
    Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how mint appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. That house is worth a mint.
  2. It must have cost a mint to produce!

Etymology

From Middle English mynt, münet (“money, coin”), from Old English mynet (“coin”), from late Proto-West Germanic *munit, from Latin monēta (“place for making coins, coined money”), from the temple of Juno Moneta (named for Monēta mother of the Muses), where coins were made. Doublet of money and manat. The verb is from the noun; Old English mynetian (“to mint”) is a parallel formation.

This word in other languages

ceca(Español)hôtel des monnaies(Français)Münze(Deutsch)fortuna(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imnt
  • minnt
  • mintt
  • mitn
  • mmint
  • mnit

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mint - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

imnt2minnt1mintt1mitn2mmint1mnit2
Edit distance from "mint"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mint"?
"mint" is spelled M-I-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is /mɪnt/.
What does "mint" mean?
As a noun, "mint" means: A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
What words are commonly confused with "mint"?
"mint" is commonly confused with "MT", "MN", "mix". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mint"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mint" is /mɪnt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "mint"?
From Middle English mynt, münet (“money, coin”), from Old English mynet (“coin”), from late Proto-West Germanic *munit, from Latin monēta (“place for making coins, coined money”), from the temple of Juno Moneta (named for Monēta mother of the Muse... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mint", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

nova#8,069Leon#8,059lend#8,057joey#8,053

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Marco6 variantsSeth6 variantscrane6 variantsbetty6 variants

What to do next

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  • "mint" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "MT". View pair
  • 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #8,065 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list