mina

\mi.na\

/\mi.na\/ noun

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The verdict

“mina” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #19,910) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#19,910
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Langue kwa du groupe gbe, parlée au sud-est du Togo et dans la province de Mono, au Bénin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mina · mina · French

mina · rank #19,910 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,910
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Milton

Nearest frequency peer: Milton (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « mina »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « mina » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

mina vs MN
0% similar
mina vs mon
50% similar
mina vs mis
50% similar

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

Key facts for mina
PropertyValue
Headwordmina
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mi.na\
Letters4
Frequency rank#19,910
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « mina »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.minase place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Milton » (#19,909), « Moldavie » (#19,911), « merveilleuses » (#19,908). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mina » est au #19,910. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for mina is neighbouring look-alikes ("MN", "mon", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \mi.na\. Frequency #19,910 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Gloss: "Langue kwa du groupe gbe, parlée au sud-est du Togo et dans la province de Mono, au Bénin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for mina, with forms such as "imna", "minna", and "mmina". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "MN", "mon", "mis", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is mina, spelled M-I-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Langue kwa du groupe gbe, parlée au sud-est du Togo et dans la province de Mono, au Bénin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Rebecca est mon nom de baptême, mais j’ai aussi reçu un prénom de coutume, Ayoko, qui signifie la « deuxième fille » en mina, ma langue maternelle […]

Synonyms

gengen-gbeminan

This word in other languages

Gen(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imna
  • minna
  • mmina
  • mnia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mina - 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.

imna2minna1mmina1mnia2
Edit distance from "mina"

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 "mina"?
"mina" is spelled M-I-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is \mi.na\.
What does "mina" mean?
As a noun, "mina" means: Langue kwa du groupe gbe, parlée au sud-est du Togo et dans la province de Mono, au Bénin.
What words are commonly confused with "mina"?
"mina" is commonly confused with "MN", "mon", "mis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mina"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mina" is \mi.na\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mina" come from?
"mina" 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 "mina", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

mayo#19,905much#19,915levy#19,894laïc#19,892

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list