Meile

Name: Meile, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈmaɪ̯lə]

/[ˈmaɪ̯lə]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Meile” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,698. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,698
frequency rank, German: 3,571
“M” headwords: 6
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Längenmaß in der Größenordnung von 1 bis 11 Kilometer, früher in Deutschland und Österreich etwa 7,5 Kilometer entsprechend, noch heute offiziell im Vereinigten Königreich und in den Vereinigten St...

Corpus desk

Index DE-meile · Meile · German

Meile · rank #15,698 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #15,698
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 6 variants
BOOK-MID 3,571
PHOTO-FINISH Mietvertrag

Nearest frequency peer: Mietvertrag (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Martini

84,306
mathematisch

84,305
Meile

84,303
Mietvertrag

84,302
Mosel

84,300
Nachkriegsz…

84,299

What this shows „Meile“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Meile vs mel

40% similar

Meile vs mein

40% similar

Meile vs Milf

60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Meile
Property	Value
Headword	Meile
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈmaɪ̯lə]
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#15,698
Misspellings tracked	6
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Meile“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Meileliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#15,698

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Mietvertrag“ (#15,699), „mathematisch“ (#15,696), „Martini“ (#15,695). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Meile“ bei #15,698. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Meile (IPA [ˈmaɪ̯lə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,698 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Meile, with forms such as "emile", "meiel", and "meille". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mel", "mein", "Milf", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Meile, spelled M-E-I-L-E.

Definition

1
Längenmaß in der Größenordnung von 1 bis 11 Kilometer, früher in Deutschland und Österreich etwa 7,5 Kilometer entsprechend, noch heute offiziell im Vereinigten Königreich und in den Vereinigten Staaten (1,609 Kilometer) sowie inoffiziell noch in Norwegen und Schweden (10 Kilometer)
2
meist geradlinig verlaufende Straße, in der etwas Besonderes ist/stattfindet

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Meile appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

60 englische Meilen sind etwa 100 Kilometer.
„Sie fuhren eine weitere Meile der Grenze von Doubting Hall entlang, die eine verfallene Mauer und tropfnasse Bäume erkennbar machten, bis sie zu ein paar Hütten und einem weißen Gatter kamen.“

This word in other languages

mile(English)milla(Español)mile(Français)milha(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

emile
meiel
meille
melie
miele
mmeile

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Meile - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "Meile"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Meile"?

"Meile" is spelled M-E-I-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmaɪ̯lə].

What does "Meile" mean?

As a noun, "Meile" means: Längenmaß in der Größenordnung von 1 bis 11 Kilometer, früher in Deutschland und Österreich etwa 7,5 Kilometer entsprechend, noch heute offiziell im Vereinigten Königreich und in den Vereinigten St...

What words are commonly confused with "Meile"?

"Meile" is commonly confused with "mel", "mein", "Milf". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Meile"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Meile" is [ˈmaɪ̯lə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Meile" come from?

"Meile" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Meile", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Mosel#15,701 Opern#15,711 palma#15,713 Panne#15,715

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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