miner

\mi.ne\

/\mi.ne\/ verb

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The verdict

“miner” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,047. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,047
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Creuser par-dessous un terrain, un rocher pour provoquer un effondrement ou pour y placer une mine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-miner · miner · French

miner · rank #25,047 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,047
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH minceur

Nearest frequency peer: minceur (-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 « miner »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « miner » 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).

miner vs mir
60% similar
miner vs mise
60% similar
miner vs mini
60% similar

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

Key facts for miner
PropertyValue
Headwordminer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\mi.ne\
Letters5
Frequency rank#25,047
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « miner »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).minerse 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 « minceur » (#25,046), « Minsk » (#25,048), « mime » (#25,045). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « miner » est au #25,047. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around miner (IPA \mi.ne\), averb. Corpus frequency is #25,047 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for miner, with forms such as "imner", "mienr", and "minerr". 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, "mir", "mise", "mini", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is miner, spelled M-I-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Creuser par-dessous un terrain, un rocher pour provoquer un effondrement ou pour y placer une mine.
  2. 2
    Creuser, caver lentement.
  3. 3
    Défoncer un sol pierreux.
  4. 4
    Consumer, détruire, ruiner peu à peu.
  5. 5
    Poser une charge d’explosif destinée à faire sauter, à détruire.
  6. 6
    Garnir de mines explosives.
  7. 7
    Effectuer du minage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il y a longtemps que je le dis : le libéralisme ne nous livrera plus de bataille rangée ; il a renoncé aux conspirations, au carbonarisme, aux prises d’armes, il mine en dessous et se prépare à un complet Ote-toi de là que je m’y mette !
  2. L’eau mine la pierre.

This word in other languages

mine(English)minar(Español)minieren(Deutsch)minar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imner
  • mienr
  • minerr
  • minner
  • minre
  • mminer
  • mnier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

imner2mienr2minerr1minner1minre2mminer1mnier2
Edit distance from "miner"

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 "miner"?
"miner" is spelled M-I-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \mi.ne\.
What does "miner" mean?
As a verb, "miner" means: Creuser par-dessous un terrain, un rocher pour provoquer un effondrement ou pour y placer une mine.
What words are commonly confused with "miner"?
"miner" is commonly confused with "mir", "mise", "mini". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "miner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "miner" is \mi.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "miner" come from?
"miner" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Minsk#25,048morse#25,049naine#25,054marta#25,037

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

notée7 variantsmacho7 variantslacan7 variantshorse7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list