# Mills

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /mɪlz/ · frequency rank #4,964

## Definitions
1. An English and Scottish occupational surname.
2. A habitational surname from Irish, an anglicization of an Mhuilinn (“of the mill”).
3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
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## Etymology
From mills, in reference to mill owners and mill workers.

## Easily confused with
- **miss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mills-vs-miss)
- **milo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mills-vs-milo)
- **mull** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mills-vs-mull)
- **moll** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mills-vs-moll)
- **milt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mills-vs-milt)
- **minds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mills-vs-minds)
- **mines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mills-vs-mines)
- **minus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mills-vs-minus)
- **molly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mills-vs-molly)
- **Myles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mills-vs-myles)
- **Milne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mills-vs-milne)
- **mules** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mills-vs-mules)
- **Milly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mills-vs-milly)
- **mints** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mills-vs-mints)
- **Minas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mills-vs-minas)
- **mists** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mills-vs-mists)
- **Milos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mills-vs-milos)
- **mil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mil-vs-mills)
- **milk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milk-vs-mills)
- **mile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mile-vs-mills)

## Common misspellings (6)
`imlls`, `millss`, `mils`, `milsl`, `mlils`, `mmills`

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