millo

[ˈmiʝo]

/[ˈmiʝo]/ noun

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The verdict

“millo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,412 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,412
frequency rank, Spanish
3,868
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nombre dado a diversas especies de hierbas de la familia Poaceae (gramíneas) que producen un grano pequeño utilizado como forraje o en la alimentación humana. Resistente a la sequía, tolerando suel...

Corpus desk

Index ES-millo · millo · Spanish

millo · rank #50,412 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,412
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,868
  • PHOTO-FINISH militando

Nearest frequency peer: militando (-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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “millo”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “millo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for millo
PropertyValue
Headwordmillo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmiʝo]
Letters5
Frequency rank#50,412
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “millo” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.millocae en esta cola de rareza:

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “militando” (#50,411), “ministry” (#50,413), “milagrosas” (#50,410). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “millo” va en #50,412. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

millo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,412 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmiʝo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for millo in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is millo, spelled M-I-L-L-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nombre dado a diversas especies de hierbas de la familia Poaceae (gramíneas) que producen un grano pequeño utilizado como forraje o en la alimentación humana. Resistente a la sequía, tolerando suelos arenosos, es un cereal muy cultivado en África y Asia.
  2. 2
    (Zea mays) Maíz.
  3. 3
    (Sorghum vulgare o Sorghum bicolor) Planta gramínea cultivada desde la más remota antigüedad, de una altura de 1 a 2 metros, cuenta con inflorescencias en panojas y semillas de 3 mm, esféricas y oblongas, de color negro, rojizo y amarillento. Hoy se utiliza mucho menos que antaño para la alimentación humana y como forraje.^([cita requerida])
  4. 4
    Palomita. (grano de maíz tostado)
  5. 5
    Bola de millo.

Synonyms

mijoavatíboronachoclocuatequilelotetlayolizarasorgosorgo comúnmaíz de guineapanizo morunomaíz morochoalcandía

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 "millo"?
"millo" is spelled M-I-L-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmiʝo].
What does "millo" mean?
As a noun, "millo" means: Nombre dado a diversas especies de hierbas de la familia Poaceae (gramíneas) que producen un grano pequeño utilizado como forraje o en la alimentación humana. Resistente a la sequía, tolerando suel...
How do you pronounce "millo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "millo" is [ˈmiʝo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "millo" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Moira#50,416mazos#50,394ouija#50,447Lemus#50,365

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list