# Milne

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /mɪln/ · frequency rank #22,444

## Definitions
1. A surname from Old English.

## Etymology
Scottish occupational surname for a miller or someone who lived at a mill, from Old English mylen (“mill”). Compare Mill and Milner.

## Easily confused with
- **min** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milne-vs-min)
- **mind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milne-vs-mind)
- **mine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milne-vs-mine)
- **mini** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milne-vs-mini)
- **mint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milne-vs-mint)
- **mole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milne-vs-mole)
- **milo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milne-vs-milo)
- **ming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milne-vs-ming)
- **mule** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milne-vs-mule)
- **mina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milne-vs-mina)
- **mink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milne-vs-mink)
- **mite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milne-vs-mite)
- **mime** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milne-vs-mime)
- **mire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milne-vs-mire)
- **milt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milne-vs-milt)
- **mino** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milne-vs-mino)
- **mines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milne-vs-mines)
- **miner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milne-vs-miner)
- **mined** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milne-vs-mined)
- **mince** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milne-vs-mince)

## Common misspellings (7)
`imlne`, `milen`, `millne`, `milnne`, `minle`, `mline`, `mmilne`

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