mil

Name: mil, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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[ˈmil]

/[ˈmil]/ adj

By PlainSpell Editorial Team · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“mil” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #379 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.

#379
frequency rank, Spanish: 3
letters: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Diez veces ciento.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

mil vs mm

33% similar

mil vs my

33% similar

mil vs Mr

0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for mil
Property	Value
Headword	mil
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈmil]
Letters	3
Frequency rank	#379
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mil” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). mil lands here:

#379

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for mil is 3 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmil]. Corpus data places it at rank #379 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

mil doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mm", "my", "Mr", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is mil, spelled M-I-L.

Definition

1
Diez veces ciento.
2
Que sigue inmediatamente en orden al o a lo noningentésimo nonagésimo nono.
3
Se dice del número o cantidad grande indefinidamente.

Synonyms

milésimo

This word in other languages

thousand(English)mille(Français)tausend(Deutsch)mil(Português)

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mil"?

"mil" is spelled M-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmil].

What does "mil" mean?

As an adjective, "mil" means: Diez veces ciento.

What words are commonly confused with "mil"?

"mil" is commonly confused with "mm", "my", "Mr". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "mil"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mil" is [ˈmil]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "mil" come from?

"mil" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Using “mil”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct Spanish spelling is M-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as [ˈmil] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
Don't mix it up with “mm” - see the side-by-side comparison. mil vs mm
Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.