# mild vs Mills

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### mild
*adjective · IPA /ˈmaɪld/ · frequency rank #5,982*
Gentle and not easily angered.

### Mills
*name · IPA /mɪlz/ · frequency rank #4,964*
An English and Scottish occupational surname.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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