minevsmonoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: mine is a verb, mono is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#14,187
“mine” frequency rank
#23,739
“mono” frequency rank
37926
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mine mono
Definition primeira pessoa do singular do presente do subjuntivo do verbo minar relativo a macaco: «...flor das raças monas.» Castilho.

Letter map: mine vs mono

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

4 ch
mine
4 ch
mono

Grammar separator: mine vs mono

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mine is averb and monoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37926, 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/. mono is at rank #23,739, tagged as anadj.

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 37926, this pair ranks #28,616 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mine vs mono

Shared letters: mn. Private to "mine": ei. Private to "mono": o.

"mine" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "mono" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mineimne · mien · minne · mmine · mnie
  • monommono · mnoo · monno · omno

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mine" and "mono" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mine" is a verb and "mono" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "mine" or "mono"?
"mine" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,187 in our Portuguese list, against #23,739 for "mono". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "mine" and "mono".

  • Full dictionary entry for "mine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mono" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #28,616 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mine" and "mono" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mono vs muso". 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 #28,616 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