Which to use
“miner” and “miser” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,047
- “miner” frequency rank
- #15,941
- “miser” frequency rank
- 40988
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | miner | miser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Creuser par-dessous un terrain, un rocher pour provoquer un effondrement ou pour y placer une mine. | Faire une mise, mettre un enjeu. |
Where the eye mixes miner and miser
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between miner and miser
A purely visual mix-up. miner (\mi.ne\) and miser (\mi.ze\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - n in “miner” becomes s in “miser”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40988, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
miner is recorded at frequency rank #25,047, classified as averb, pronounced \mi.ne\. miser is at rank #15,941, tagged as averb, pronounced \mi.ze\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 40988, this pair ranks #236,417 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of miner vs miser
Shared letters: eimr. Private to "miner": n. Private to "miser": s.
"miner" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "miser" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "miner" for "miser" ever safe?
Frequency check: "miner" vs "miser" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "miner" and "miser" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "miner" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "miser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #236,417 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "miner" and "miser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Meier vs miner". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #236,417 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.