mirin
"mirin" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mirin” is uncommon English (frequency #97,319 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,319
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A form of Japanese rice wine, less alcoholic than saké and used in cooking.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mirin · mirin · English
mirin · rank #97,319 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,319
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,575
- PHOTO-FINISH Mishkin
Nearest frequency peer: Mishkin (+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 “mirin”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Mikhailov
Mikhailov
2,690 corpus weight
- Milward
Milward
2,686 corpus weight
- mirin
mirin
2,682 corpus weight
- Mishkin
Mishkin
2,680 corpus weight
- Moneypenny
Moneypenny
2,675 corpus weight
- Moraga
Moraga
2,674 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “mirin” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mirin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #97,319 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mirin” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mirin is uncommon English at frequency #97,319 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A form of Japanese rice wine, less alcoholic than saké and used in cooking.".
mirin has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Japanese 味醂 (mirin). The correct English form is mirin, spelled M-I-R-I-N.
Definition
- 1A form of Japanese rice wine, less alcoholic than saké and used in cooking.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 味醂 (mirin).
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 May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.