milla

[ˈmiʝa]

/[ˈmiʝa]/ noun

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The verdict

“milla” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #13,290) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#13,290
frequency rank, Spanish
3,868
“M” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Medida de longitud del sistema imperial anglosajón que equivale aproximadamente a 1609 metros.

Corpus desk

Index ES-milla · milla · Spanish

milla · rank #13,290 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,290
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,868
  • PHOTO-FINISH metropolitano

Nearest frequency peer: metropolitano (-1 rank slots)

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.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “milla”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “milla” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

milla vs misa
60% similar
milla vs mirá
40% similar
milla vs mola
60% similar

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

Key facts for milla
PropertyValue
Headwordmilla
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmiʝa]
Letters5
Frequency rank#13,290
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “milla”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).millacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “metropolitano” (#13,289), “mirado” (#13,291), “Melilla” (#13,288). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “milla” va en #13,290. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for milla is neighbouring look-alikes ("misa", "mirá", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈmiʝa]. Frequency #13,290 among 3,868 “M” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for milla, with forms such as "imlla", "milal", and "mlila". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "misa", "mirá", "mola", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is milla, spelled M-I-L-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Medida de longitud del sistema imperial anglosajón que equivale aproximadamente a 1609 metros.
  2. 2
    Medida de longitud usada en náutica que equivale a 1852 m.
  3. 3
    Antigua medida de longitud empleada por los romanos, que equivale a 1481 m.

Synonyms

milla náuticamilla marinamilla romana

This word in other languages

mile(English)mile(Français)Meile(Deutsch)milha(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imlla
  • milal
  • mlila
  • mmilla

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of milla - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

imlla2milal2mlila2mmilla1
Edit distance from "milla"

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 "milla"?
"milla" is spelled M-I-L-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmiʝa].
What does "milla" mean?
As a noun, "milla" means: Medida de longitud del sistema imperial anglosajón que equivale aproximadamente a 1609 metros.
What words are commonly confused with "milla"?
"milla" is commonly confused with "misa", "mirá", "mola". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "milla"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "milla" is [ˈmiʝa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "milla" come from?
"milla" 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "milla", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

links#13,277Jeans#13,275iraní#13,274honra#13,266

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list