milkmaid
/ˈmɪlkmeɪd/
"milkmaid" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“milkmaid” is uncommon English (frequency #95,142 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,142
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A girl or young woman who milks the cows on a farm.
Corpus desk
Index EN-milkmaid · milkmaid · English
milkmaid · rank #95,142 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,142
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,575
- PHOTO-FINISH Minnehaha
Nearest frequency peer: Minnehaha (+2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 “milkmaid”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- microscale
microscale
4,865 corpus weight
- microsurgery
microsurgery
4,864 corpus weight
- milkmaid
milkmaid
4,859 corpus weight
- Minnehaha
Minnehaha
4,857 corpus weight
- Mirena
Mirena
4,855 corpus weight
- mithril
mithril
4,853 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “milkmaid” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | milkmaid |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɪlkmeɪd/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #95,142 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “milkmaid” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
milkmaid is uncommon English at frequency #95,142 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmɪlkmeɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A girl or young woman who milks the cows on a farm.".
milkmaid has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From milk + maid. The correct English form is milkmaid, spelled M-I-L-K-M-A-I-D.
Definition
- 1A girl or young woman who milks the cows on a farm.
Etymology
From milk + maid.
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.