milla
"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
- Meo
Meo
41,806 corpus weight
- midcentury
midcentury
41,803 corpus weight
- milla
milla
41,801 corpus weight
- misalignment
misalignment
41,800 corpus weight
- misheard
misheard
41,799 corpus weight
- mochi
mochi
41,795 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “milla” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “milla” in English
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
- 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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