mildesvsMilesTell them apart

Quick tell: mildes is a adjective, Miles is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mildes” is an adjective and “Miles” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#45,457
“mildes” frequency rank
#12,539
“Miles” frequency rank
57996
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mildes Miles
Definition Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mild englischer männlicher Vorname

Letter map: mildes vs Miles

Shared letters muted; letters that set mildes and Miles apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

6 ch
mildes
5 ch
Miles

Part-of-speech tell for mildes / Miles

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mildes is anadjective and Milesaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57996, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mildes is recorded at frequency rank #45,457, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈmɪldəs]. Miles is at rank #12,539, tagged as aname, 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 57996, this pair ranks #879,656 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mildes vs Miles

Shared letters: eilms. Private to "mildes": d. Private to "Miles": -.

"mildes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "Miles" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mildesimldes · midles · milddes · mildess · mildse · mileds · milldes · mlides
  • Milesimles · miels · miless · milles · milse · mlies · mmiles

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mildes" and "Miles" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mildes" is an adjective and "Miles" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "mildes" or "Miles" show up more?
"Miles" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,539 in our German list, against #45,457 for "mildes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "mildes" vs "Miles" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mildes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Miles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #879,656 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mildes" and "Miles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mildes vs Milfs". 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 #879,656 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