miasvsmillsTell them apart

Quick tell: mias is a verb, mills is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mias” is a verb and “mills” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#28,450
“mias” frequency rank
#20,426
“mills” frequency rank
48876
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mias mills
Definition Segunda persona del singular (vos) del presente de indicativo de miar. Forma del plural de mill.

Where the eye mixes mias and mills

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
mias
5 ch
mills

Look-alike desk: mias vs mills

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mias is [ˈmjas] while mills is /mɪlz/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48876, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mias is recorded at frequency rank #28,450, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈmjas]. mills is at rank #20,426, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mɪlz/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 48876, this pair ranks #112,028 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mias vs mills

Shared letters: ims. Private to "mias": a. Private to "mills": l.

"mias" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "mills" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • miasimas · mmias
  • millsimlls · millss · mils · milsl · mlils · mmills

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mias" for "mills" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mias" is a verb and "mills" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "mias" or "mills" show up more?
"mills" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,426 in our Spanish list, against #28,450 for "mias". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mias" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mills" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #112,028 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mias" and "mills" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mias vs mija". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #112,028 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list