milla
"milla" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“milla” is uncommon English (frequency #58,200 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,200
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Spanish mile, a traditional Spanish unit of distance equivalent to about 1.4 km.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | milla |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #58,200 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “milla” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
milla is uncommon English at frequency #58,200 among 36,575 “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
- 1Spanish 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
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.
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Using “milla”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-I-L-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.