# milt

> English word · Noun · IPA /mɪlt/ · frequency rank #43,788

## Definitions
1. The spleen, especially of an animal bred for food.
2. The semen of a male fish.
3. The engorged testis containing a filled reservoir of mature spermatozoa in a male fish.

## Etymology
From Middle English milte, from Old English milte, milt (“milt, spleen”), from Proto-West Germanic *miltijā, *meltā, from Proto-Germanic *meltǭ (“spleen”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“to beat, grind, crush, weaken”). Cognate with German Milz, Dutch milt, Danish milt, Norwegian milt, Swedish mjälte. Outside Germanic, with Albanian mëlçi (“liver”) and Italian milza (“spleen”), which is a borrowing from Lombardic.

## Easily confused with
- **MT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milt-vs-mt)
- **ML** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milt-vs-ml)
- **mix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milt-vs-mix)
- **min** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milt-vs-min)
- **MLB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milt-vs-mlb)
- **mit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milt-vs-mit)
- **mir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milt-vs-mir)
- **MLA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milt-vs-mla)
- **mol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milt-vs-mol)
- **MLM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milt-vs-mlm)
- **mot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milt-vs-mot)
- **MLK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milt-vs-mlk)
- **miz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milt-vs-miz)
- **mim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milt-vs-mim)
- **MST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milt-vs-mst)
- **MRT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milt-vs-mrt)
- **MLG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milt-vs-mlg)
- **most** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milt-vs-most)
- **must** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milt-vs-must)
- **mind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milt-vs-mind)

## Common misspellings (6)
`imlt`, `millt`, `miltt`, `mitl`, `mlit`, `mmilt`

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