# milky

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈmɪlki/ · frequency rank #15,000

## Definitions
1. Resembling milk in color, consistency, smell, etc.; consisting of milk.
2. Of the black in an image, appearing as dark gray rather than black.
3. Containing (an especially large amount of) milk.
4. Containing a whitish liquid, juicy.
5. Cowardly.
6. Immature, childish.
7. Producing milk, lactating.

## Etymology
From Middle English mylky, melky, equivalent to milk + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian moalkig (“milky”), West Frisian molkich (“milky”), Dutch melkig (“milky”), German Low German melkig (“milky”), German milchig (“milky”), Danish mælkig (“milky”), Swedish mjölkig (“milky”), Icelandic mjólkugur (“milky”). Doublet of milchig.

## Easily confused with
- **MLK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milky-vs-mlk)
- **mill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milky-vs-mill)
- **milo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milky-vs-milo)
- **mink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milky-vs-mink)
- **moly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milky-vs-moly)
- **milt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milky-vs-milt)
- **Mills** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milky-vs-mills)
- **molly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milky-vs-molly)
- **misty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milky-vs-misty)
- **Missy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milky-vs-missy)
- **Milne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milky-vs-milne)
- **murky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milky-vs-murky)
- **Mindy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milky-vs-mindy)
- **Milly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milky-vs-milly)
- **mille** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milky-vs-mille)
- **Milos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milky-vs-milos)
- **minty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milky-vs-minty)
- **moldy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milky-vs-moldy)
- **mil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mil-vs-milky)
- **mike** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mike-vs-milky)

## Common misspellings (8)
`imlky`, `mikly`, `milkky`, `milkyy`, `millky`, `milyk`, `mliky`, `mmilky`

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