# mile vs Milly

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### mile
*noun · IPA /maɪ̯l/ · frequency rank #2,544*
The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in 1959, divided into 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards.

### Milly
*name · frequency rank #27,215*
A diminutive of the female given names Mildred, Millicent, Emily, or Camilla, also used as a formal given name.

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