mille

noun

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

The verdict

“mille” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #37,096) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#37,096
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of mill.

Corpus desk

Index EN-mille · mille · English

mille · rank #37,096 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,096
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH Miki

Nearest frequency peer: Miki (-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.

Frequency neighbours of confusable “mille”

Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below

corpus weight

What this shows Bars place “mille” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

mille vs mine
60% similar
mille vs mole
60% similar
mille vs milo
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for mille
PropertyValue
Headwordmille
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#37,096
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus rank beside confusables of “mille”

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “Miki” (#37,095), “Milos” (#37,097), “microcosm” (#37,094). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “mille” is #37,096. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for mille is neighbouring look-alikes ("mine", "mole", …), not just typos; it is anoun. Frequency #37,096 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of mill.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for mille, with forms such as "imlle", "milel", and "mlile". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mine", "mole", "milo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is mille, spelled M-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of mill.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how mille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. That the money of account of the United States shall be expressed in dollars or units, dismes or tenths, cents or hundredths, and milles or thousandths, a disme being the tenth part of a dollar, a cent the hundredth part of a dollar, a mille the thousandth part of a dollar, and that all accounts in the public offices and all proceedings in the courts of t…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imlle
  • milel
  • mlile
  • mmille

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mille - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

imlle2milel2mlile2mmille1
Edit distance from "mille"

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 "mille"?
"mille" is spelled M-I-L-L-E.
What does "mille" mean?
As a noun, "mille" means: Alternative spelling of mill.
What words are commonly confused with "mille"?
"mille" is commonly confused with "mine", "mole", "milo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "mille" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mille", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Milos#37,097Menlo#37,090manna#37,082Nasir#37,111

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list