mild
[mɪlt]
The verdict
“mild” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #18,330. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,330
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - nicht stark im Geschmack
Corpus desk
Index DE-mild · mild · German
mild · rank #18,330 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,330
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Messias
Nearest frequency peer: Messias (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “mild”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- McDonalds
McDonalds
81,673 corpus weight
- Messias
Messias
81,672 corpus weight
- mild
mild
81,671 corpus weight
- Miliz
Miliz
81,670 corpus weight
- missachtet
missachtet
81,669 corpus weight
- mitgewirkt
mitgewirkt
81,668 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “mild” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mild |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [mɪlt] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #18,330 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mild” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around mild (IPA [mɪlt]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,330 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for mild, with forms such as "imld", "midl", and "mildd". 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, "ml", "mit", "mir", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is mild, spelled M-I-L-D.
Definition
- 1nicht stark im Geschmack
- 2ohne Strenge
- 3geringere Geräuschintensität stimmhafter Phoneme im Vergleich zu stimmlosen
- 4nicht zu kalt und nicht zu warm
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mild appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Speise ist nur mild gewürzt.
Das Urteil wurde als ausgesprochen mild empfunden.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imld
- midl
- mildd
- milld
- mlid
- mmild
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mild - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mild", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.