Milch

/[mɪlç]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,553

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Milch is aGermannoun. It means: eine von weiblichen Säugetieren produzierte Nährflüssigkeit für Neugeborene, kann von verschiedenen Tieren auch als Lebensmittel durch Melken gewonnen werden Pronounced [mɪlç]. It ranks #2,553 in German word frequency. Often confused with Milf and much.

Key facts for Milch
PropertyValue
HeadwordMilch
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[mɪlç]
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,553
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Milch in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Milch is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [mɪlç]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,553 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for Milch, with forms such as "imlch", "miclh", and "milcch". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Milf", "much", "mild", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Milch, spelled M-I-L-C-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine von weiblichen Säugetieren produzierte Nährflüssigkeit für Neugeborene, kann von verschiedenen Tieren auch als Lebensmittel durch Melken gewonnen werden
  2. 2
    Mischgetränk mit dem Hauptbestandteil Milch^([1])
  3. 3
    eine zur Verlängerung der Haltbarkeit oder für den Geschmack veränderte Milch^([1])
  4. 4
    weißer oder weißlicher Saft bestimmter Pflanzen und Pilze
  5. 5
    weiße oder weißliche Flüssigkeit, die als solche ein Gemisch verschiedener Flüssigkeiten darstellt, wobei eine der Komponenten sehr fein verteilt ist
  6. 6
    die weißliche Samenflüssigkeit des männlichen Fisches

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: imlch,miclh,milcch,milchh,milhc,millch,mlich,mmilch

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Milch

Misspelling Variants of "Milch"

imlch5miclh5milcch6milchh6milhc5millch6mlich5mmilch6
Misspelling Variants of "Milch"

Frequency rank: #2,553 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Milch"?
"Milch" is spelled M-I-L-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [mɪlç].
What does "Milch" mean?
As a noun, "Milch" means: eine von weiblichen Säugetieren produzierte Nährflüssigkeit für Neugeborene, kann von verschiedenen Tieren auch als Lebensmittel durch Melken gewonnen werden
What words are commonly confused with "Milch"?
"Milch" is commonly confused with "Milf", "much", "mild". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Milch"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Milch" is [mɪlç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Milch" come from?
"Milch" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter M in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.