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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Milde" for "mille" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Milde" vs "mille" - which ranks higher?
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.