mir

noun

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"mir" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“mir” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #17,676) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#17,676
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A traditional village community in Imperial Russia, characterised by self-government and collectivist control of local lands.

Corpus desk

Index EN-mir · mir · English

mir · rank #17,676 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,676
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH Mikhail

Nearest frequency peer: Mikhail (-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.

Frequency neighbours of confusable “mir”

Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below

corpus weight

What this shows Bars place “mir” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.

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).

mir vs my
33% similar
mir vs Mr
33% similar
mir vs MS
0% similar

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

Key facts for mir
PropertyValue
Headwordmir
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#17,676
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus rank beside confusables of “mir”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).mirlands here:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “Mikhail” (#17,675), “misdemeanor” (#17,677), “MIDI” (#17,674). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “mir” is #17,676. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for mir is neighbouring look-alikes ("my", "Mr", …), not just typos; it is anoun. Frequency #17,676 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Gloss: "A traditional village community in Imperial Russia, characterised by self-government and collectivist control of local lands.".

Zero misspellings are on record for mir in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "my", "Mr", "MS", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowing from Russian мир (mir, “community, village commune; peace; world”). The correct English form is mir, spelled M-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A traditional village community in Imperial Russia, characterised by self-government and collectivist control of local lands.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. [T]he constitution of the village […] was a subject which specially interested me, because I was aware that the Mir is the most peculiar of Russian institutions.
  2. The mir was the only means to prevent this, and mir meant serfdom under another name. The landowners disposed of their land, or of so much as was required to support the peasants, not to individuals but to the mir.

Etymology

Borrowing from Russian мир (mir, “community, village commune; peace; world”).

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 "mir"?
"mir" is spelled M-I-R.
What does "mir" mean?
As a noun, "mir" means: A traditional village community in Imperial Russia, characterised by self-government and collectivist control of local lands.
What words are commonly confused with "mir"?
"mir" is commonly confused with "my", "Mr", "MS". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "mir"?
Borrowing from Russian мир (mir, “community, village commune; peace; world”). 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 "mir", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

NDP#17,682hun#17,634hoo#17,631sow#17,722

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list