milla

noun

"milla" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“milla” is uncommon English (frequency #58,200 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,200
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Spanish mile, a traditional Spanish unit of distance equivalent to about 1.4 km.

Corpus desk

Index EN-milla · milla · English

milla · rank #58,200 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,200
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH misalignment

Nearest frequency peer: misalignment (+1 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.

Long-tail ranks near “milla”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “milla” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for milla
PropertyValue
Headwordmilla
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#58,200
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “milla” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).millafalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “misalignment” (#58,201), “midcentury” (#58,198), “misheard” (#58,202). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “milla” is #58,200. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

milla is uncommon English at frequency #58,200 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Spanish mile, a traditional Spanish unit of distance equivalent to about 1.4 km.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for milla, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish milla (“Spanish mile”), from Latin mīlia (“Roman mile”), plural of mīlle (“1000”) in reference to its composition of 1000 Roman paces. Doublet of mile and milha. The correct English form is milla, spelled M-I-L-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Spanish mile, a traditional Spanish unit of distance equivalent to about 1.4 km.

Etymology

From Spanish milla (“Spanish mile”), from Latin mīlia (“Roman mile”), plural of mīlle (“1000”) in reference to its composition of 1000 Roman paces. Doublet of mile and milha.

Synonyms

Spanish milemile

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "milla"?
"milla" is spelled M-I-L-L-A.
What does "milla" mean?
As a noun, "milla" means: Spanish mile, a traditional Spanish unit of distance equivalent to about 1.4 km.
What is the origin of the word "milla"?
From Spanish milla (“Spanish mile”), from Latin mīlia (“Roman mile”), plural of mīlle (“1000”) in reference to its composition of 1000 Roman paces. Doublet of mile and milha. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list