MilfsvsmillsTell them apart

Which to use

“Milfs” and “mills” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#49,082
“Milfs” frequency rank
#22,434
“mills” frequency rank
71516
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Milfs mills
Definition Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Milf Plural des Substantivs mill

Where the eye mixes Milfs and mills

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Milfs and mills follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
Milfs
5 ch
mills

Look-alike desk: Milfs vs mills

A purely visual mix-up. Milfs ([mɪlfs]) and mills ([mɪlz]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - f in “Milfs” becomes l in “mills”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71516, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Milfs is recorded at frequency rank #49,082, classified as anoun, pronounced [mɪlfs]. mills is at rank #22,434, tagged as anoun, pronounced [mɪlz].

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 71516, this pair ranks #414,521 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Milfs vs mills

Shared letters: ilms. Private to "Milfs": f. Private to "mills": -.

"Milfs" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "mills" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Milfs ← imlfs · mifls · milffs · milfss · millfs · milsf · mlifs · mmilfs
  • mills ← imlls · millss · mils · milsl · mlils · mmills

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Milfs" for "mills" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([mɪlfs] versus [mɪlz]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Milfs" vs "mills" - which ranks higher?
"mills" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,434 in our German list, against #49,082 for "Milfs". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "Milfs" and "mills" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Milfs" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mills" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #414,521 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Milfs" and "mills" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Mals 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 #414,521 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