milestone

[maɪlstəʊn]

/[maɪlstəʊn]/ noun

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The verdict

“milestone” is uncommon German (frequency #83,065 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,065
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Meilenstein, Entfernungsanzeiger

Corpus desk

Index DE-milestone · milestone · German

milestone · rank #83,065 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,065
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH mikroskopisch…

Nearest frequency peer: mikroskopischen (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „milestone“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „milestone“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for milestone
PropertyValue
Headwordmilestone
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[maɪlstəʊn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#83,065
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „milestone“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).milestonefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „mikroskopischen“ (#83,064), „Milet“ (#83,066), „Metalls“ (#83,062). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „milestone“ bei #83,065. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

milestone is uncommon German at frequency #83,065 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [maɪlstəʊn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

milestone doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is milestone, spelled M-I-L-E-S-T-O-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Meilenstein, Entfernungsanzeiger
  2. 2
    Ecktermin, Wendepunkt, Meilenstein

Synonyms

turning point

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 "milestone"?
"milestone" is spelled M-I-L-E-S-T-O-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [maɪlstəʊn].
What does "milestone" mean?
As a noun, "milestone" means: Meilenstein, Entfernungsanzeiger
How do you pronounce "milestone"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "milestone" is [maɪlstəʊn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "milestone" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Mozarteum#83,077Männchens#83,083Mandarine#83,046Mühlstein#83,085

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list