minevsmixTell them apart

Quick tell: mine is a verb, mix is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mine” is a verb and “mix” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#14,187
“mine” frequency rank
#4,744
“mix” frequency rank
18931
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mine mix
Definition primeira pessoa do singular do presente do subjuntivo do verbo minar mistura

Letter map: mine vs mix

Shared letters muted; letters that set mine and mix apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
mine
3 ch
mix

Role in the sentence - mine and mix

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mine is averb and mixanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18931, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mine is recorded at frequency rank #14,187, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈmi.ni/. mix is at rank #4,744, tagged as anoun.

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 18931, this pair ranks #51,943 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mine vs mix

Shared letters: im. Private to "mine": en. Private to "mix": x.

"mine" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "mix" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mineimne · mien · minne · mmine · mnie

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mine" and "mix" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mine" is a verb and "mix" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "mine" vs "mix" - which ranks higher?
"mix" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,744 in our Portuguese list, against #14,187 for "mine". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "mine" and "mix". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mix" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #51,943 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mine" and "mix" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mens vs mine". 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 #51,943 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list