# Milligan vs mulligan

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Milligan
*name · frequency rank #32,504*
A surname from Irish.

### mulligan
*noun · IPA /ˈmʌlɪɡən/ · frequency rank #26,178*
Ellipsis of mulligan stew.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milligan-vs-mulligan