# Milner

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #22,741

## Definitions
1. A surname originating as an occupation for a miller
2. An unincorporated community in Routt County, Colorado, United States.
3. A minor city in Lamar County, Georgia, United States.
4. A village in the township of Langley, Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada.

## Etymology
* As an English surname, variant of Miller, retaining the -n- of Middle English mylnere (“miller”).
* As a German surname, variant of Müller, Mueller.

## Easily confused with
- **mine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milner-vs-mine)
- **minor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milner-vs-minor)
- **mines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milner-vs-mines)
- **miner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milner-vs-miner)
- **Mixer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milner-vs-mixer)
- **mined** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milner-vs-mined)
- **miser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milner-vs-miser)
- **mister** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milner-vs-mister)
- **muller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milner-vs-muller)
- **Mulder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milner-vs-mulder)
- **mile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mile-vs-milner)
- **miles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/miles-vs-milner)
- **Miley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/miley-vs-milner)
- **Milne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milne-vs-milner)
- **mille** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mille-vs-milner)
- **manner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manner-vs-milner)
- **Miller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/miller-vs-milner)
- **millet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/millet-vs-milner)
- **mailer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mailer-vs-milner)
- **milieu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milieu-vs-milner)

## Common misspellings (9)
`imlner`, `milenr`, `millner`, `milnerr`, `milnner`, `milnre`, `minler`, `mliner`, `mmilner`

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