Milet

[miˈleːt]

/[miˈleːt]/ name

The verdict

“Milet” is uncommon German (frequency #83,066 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,066
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - griechische Stadt an der Westküste Kleinasiens in der heutigen Türkei

Corpus desk

Index DE-milet · Milet · German

Milet · rank #83,066 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,066
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH milestone

Nearest frequency peer: milestone (-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 „Milet“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Milet
PropertyValue
HeadwordMilet
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[miˈleːt]
Letters5
Frequency rank#83,066
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Milet“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Miletfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „milestone“ (#83,065), „mikroskopischen“ (#83,064), „Mischmasch“ (#83,068). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Milet“ bei #83,066. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Milet is uncommon German at frequency #83,066 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [miˈleːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "griechische Stadt an der Westküste Kleinasiens in der heutigen Türkei".

Zero misspellings are on record for Milet in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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 Milet, spelled M-I-L-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    griechische Stadt an der Westküste Kleinasiens in der heutigen Türkei

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Das Panionion war das Zentralheiligtum des Panionischen Bundes, zu dem sich zwölf ionische Städte - darunter so bedeutende wie Milet, Ephesos und Priene - in archaischer und klassischer Zeit vereint hatten.“

This word in other languages

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 "Milet"?
"Milet" is spelled M-I-L-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is [miˈleːt].
What does "Milet" mean?
As a proper noun, "Milet" means: griechische Stadt an der Westküste Kleinasiens in der heutigen Türkei
How do you pronounce "Milet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Milet" is [miˈleːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Milet" come from?
"Milet" 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 "Milet", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list