milord
/mɪˈlɔːd/
"milord" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“milord” is uncommon English (frequency #90,733 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,733
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An English nobleman, especially one traveling Europe in grand style; a wealthy British gentleman.
Corpus desk
Index EN-milord · milord · English
milord · rank #90,733 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,733
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Miletus
Nearest frequency peer: Miletus (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “milord”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Middlemarch
Middlemarch
9,271 corpus weight
- Miletus
Miletus
9,269 corpus weight
- milord
milord
9,268 corpus weight
- mineshaft
mineshaft
9,267 corpus weight
- Minya
Minya
9,266 corpus weight
- Miquelon
Miquelon
9,265 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “milord” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | milord |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mɪˈlɔːd/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #90,733 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “milord” in English
Rare enough to double-check
milord is uncommon English at frequency #90,733 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /mɪˈlɔːd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An English nobleman, especially one traveling Europe in grand style; a wealthy British gentleman.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for milord in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French milord, from English my Lord. Compare milady. The correct English form is milord, spelled M-I-L-O-R-D.
Definition
- 1An English nobleman, especially one traveling Europe in grand style; a wealthy British gentleman.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how milord appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Not since the year 17—, when milord Castlebrilliant's curricle was whirled to sea with her ladyship within, had there been such vehement weather.
Etymology
From French milord, from English my Lord. Compare milady.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).