# millet

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmɪlɪt/ · frequency rank #29,742

## Definitions
1. Any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food, widely cultivated in the developing world.
2. Common millet, in particular of species Panicum miliaceum.

## Etymology
From late Middle English, borrowed from Middle French millet; from Latin milium, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”), see also Ancient Greek μελίνη (melínē, “millet”) and Lithuanian málnos (“millet”). Not related to مِلَّة (milla).

## Easily confused with
- **milt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/millet-vs-milt)
- **Mills** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/millet-vs-mills)
- **Milne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/millet-vs-milne)
- **Milly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/millet-vs-milly)
- **muller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/millet-vs-muller)
- **misled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/millet-vs-misled)
- **Millie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/millet-vs-millie)
- **Milner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/millet-vs-milner)
- **mullen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/millet-vs-mullen)
- **mullet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/millet-vs-mullet)
- **mile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mile-vs-millet)
- **mill** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mill-vs-millet)
- **miles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/miles-vs-millet)
- **Miley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/miley-vs-millet)
- **mille** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mille-vs-millet)
- **Miller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/miller-vs-millet)
- **midget** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midget-vs-millet)
- **mallet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mallet-vs-millet)
- **milieu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milieu-vs-millet)
- **milled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milled-vs-millet)

## Common misspellings (7)
`imllet`, `milelt`, `milet`, `millett`, `millte`, `mlilet`, `mmillet`

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