Milz
[mɪlt͡s]
The verdict
“Milz” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #30,202. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,202
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Organ zur Produktion von Abwehrstoffen und weißen Blutkörperchen, sowie zum Abbau von roten Blutkörperchen
Corpus desk
Index DE-milz · Milz · German
Milz · rank #30,202 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #30,202
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Milieus
Nearest frequency peer: Milieus (-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 “Milz”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- MESZ
MESZ
69,801 corpus weight
- Milieus
Milieus
69,800 corpus weight
- Milz
Milz
69,799 corpus weight
- mischte
mischte
69,798 corpus weight
- missachten
missachten
69,797 corpus weight
- mitgekriegt
mitgekriegt
69,796 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Milz” 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 | Milz |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [mɪlt͡s] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #30,202 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Milz” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Milz (IPA [mɪlt͡s]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,202 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Organ zur Produktion von Abwehrstoffen und weißen Blutkörperchen, sowie zum Abbau von roten Blutkörperchen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Milz, with forms such as "imlz", "millz", and "milzz". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. 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.
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. The correct German form is Milz, spelled M-I-L-Z.
Definition
- 1Organ zur Produktion von Abwehrstoffen und weißen Blutkörperchen, sowie zum Abbau von roten Blutkörperchen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Milz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seitenstechen soll dadurch zustande kommen, dass sich die Milz zusammenkrampft.
„Wer viel lacht, ist glücklicher als derjenige, der wenig lacht, denn die Heiterkeit entleert die Milz und frischt so das Blut auf.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imlz
- millz
- milzz
- mizl
- mliz
- mmilz
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Milz - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Milz", 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).
What to do next
You've looked up "Milz". Here's where to go from here.
- "Milz" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "ml". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #30,202 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "M" letter cohort. M–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.