Which to use
“milt” and “mink” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,788
- “milt” frequency rank
- #23,904
- “mink” frequency rank
- 67692
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | milt | mink |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The spleen, especially of an animal bred for food. | Any semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammal in the Mustelinae subfamily, similar to weasels, with dark fur, native to Europe and America, of which two species in different genera are extant: the American mink (Neogale vison) and the European mink (Mustela lutreola). |
Where the eye mixes milt and mink
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: milt vs mink
A purely visual mix-up. milt (/mɪlt/) and mink (/mɪŋk/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67692, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
milt is recorded at frequency rank #43,788, classified as anoun, pronounced /mɪlt/. mink is at rank #23,904, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mɪŋk/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 67692, this pair ranks #62,180 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of milt vs mink
Shared letters: im. Private to "milt": lt. Private to "mink": kn.
"milt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "mink" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "milt" for "mink" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "milt" or "mink" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "milt" and "mink" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "milt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mink" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #62,180 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "milt" and "mink" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mela vs milt". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #62,180 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.