miens

\mjɛ̃\

/\mjɛ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“miens” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,273. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,273
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de mien.

Corpus desk

Index FR-miens · miens · French

miens · rank #8,273 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,273
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH meuf

Nearest frequency peer: meuf (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « miens »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « miens » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

miens vs mis
60% similar
miens vs min
60% similar
miens vs mini
60% similar

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

Key facts for miens
PropertyValue
Headwordmiens
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mjɛ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,273
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « miens »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).miensse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « meuf » (#8,272), « miles » (#8,274), « mers » (#8,271). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « miens » est au #8,273. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around miens (IPA \mjɛ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,273 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de mien.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for miens, with forms such as "imens", "meins", and "mienns". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mis", "min", "mini", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is miens, spelled M-I-E-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de mien.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imens
  • meins
  • mienns
  • mienss
  • miesn
  • mmiens

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of miens - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

imens2meins2mienns1mienss1miesn2mmiens1
Edit distance from "miens"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "miens"?
"miens" is spelled M-I-E-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mjɛ̃\.
What does "miens" mean?
As an adjective, "miens" means: Masculin pluriel de mien.
What words are commonly confused with "miens"?
"miens" is commonly confused with "mis", "min", "mini". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "miens"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "miens" is \mjɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "miens" come from?
"miens" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list