# milling

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmɪlɪŋ/ · frequency rank #18,627

## Definitions
1. Any of various grinding, cutting, or shredding processes using any of various types of mill.
2. Any of various grinding, cutting, or shredding processes using any of various types of mill.
3. Any of various grinding, cutting, or shredding processes using any of various types of mill.
4. The surface or other physical result produced by such a process.
5. The surface or other physical result produced by such a process.
6. A circular or random motion of a herd or a crowd.

## Easily confused with
- **mining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milling-vs-mining)
- **mixing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milling-vs-mixing)
- **million** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milling-vs-million)
- **missing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milling-vs-missing)
- **molding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milling-vs-molding)
- **minding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milling-vs-minding)
- **Mullins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milling-vs-mullins)
- **mulling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milling-vs-mulling)
- **millions** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milling-vs-millions)
- **Millie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/millie-vs-milling)
- **melting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melting-vs-milling)
- **mailing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mailing-vs-milling)
- **milking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milking-vs-milling)
- **midline** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/midline-vs-milling)
- **middling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/middling-vs-milling)

## Common misspellings (9)
`imlling`, `mililng`, `miling`, `millign`, `millingg`, `millinng`, `millnig`, `mliling`, `mmilling`

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