mintage

noun

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"mintage" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“mintage” is uncommon English (frequency #87,562 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,562
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The process of minting coins.

Corpus desk

Index EN-mintage · mintage · English

mintage · rank #87,562 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,562
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH mirador

Nearest frequency peer: mirador (+1 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.

Long-tail ranks near “mintage”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “mintage” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mintage
PropertyValue
Headwordmintage
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#87,562
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “mintage” in English

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

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “mirador” (#87,563), “Milledgeville” (#87,560), “miscast” (#87,566). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “mintage” is #87,562. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mintage is uncommon English at frequency #87,562 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for mintage in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From mint + -age. The correct English form is mintage, spelled M-I-N-T-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    The process of minting coins.
  2. 2
    The batch of coins minted at one time.
  3. 3
    Coins collectively; specie.
  4. 4
    The fee paid to a mint.

Etymology

From mint + -age.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mintage"?
"mintage" is spelled M-I-N-T-A-G-E.
What does "mintage" mean?
As a noun, "mintage" means: The process of minting coins.
What is the origin of the word "mintage"?
From mint + -age. 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 "mintage", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mirador#87,563miscast#87,566Megiddo#87,547Mohican#87,578

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list