MildevsmilleWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Milde is a noun, mille is a num, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Milde” is a noun and “mille” is a num - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,775
“Milde” frequency rank
#25,671
“mille” frequency rank
35446
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Milde mille
Definition die Charaktereigenschaft der Sanftmut tausend

Letter map: Milde vs mille

Shared letters muted; letters that set Milde and mille apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
Milde
5 ch
mille

Part-of-speech tell for Milde / mille

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Milde is anoun and milleanum. On the page they differ by a single letter - d in “Milde” becomes l in “mille”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35446, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Milde is recorded at frequency rank #9,775, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmɪldə]. mille is at rank #25,671, tagged as anum, pronounced […].

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 35446, this pair ranks #1,639,799 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Milde vs mille

Shared letters: eilm. Private to "Milde": d. Private to "mille": -.

"Milde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "mille" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Mildeimlde · midle · mildde · miled · millde · mlide · mmilde
  • milleimlle · milel · mlile · mmille

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Milde" for "mille" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Milde" is a noun and "mille" a num, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Milde" vs "mille" - which ranks higher?
"Milde" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,775 in our German list, against #25,671 for "mille". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "Milde" and "mille". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Milde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mille" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,639,799 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Milde" and "mille" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mille vs puzzles". 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 #1,639,799 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list