Which to use
“mill” and “mills” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,164
- “mill” frequency rank
- #20,426
- “mills” frequency rank
- 35590
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mill | mills |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fabrica de papel, acero o textiles. | Forma del plural de mill. |
Where the eye mixes mill and mills
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between mill and mills
A purely visual mix-up. mill (/mɪl/) and mills (/mɪlz/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “mill” sits inside “mills”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35590, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mill is recorded at frequency rank #15,164, classified as anoun, pronounced /mɪl/. 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 35590, this pair ranks #185,252 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mill vs mills
Shared letters: ilm. Private to "mill": -. Private to "mills": s.
"mill" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "mills" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mill" and "mills" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "mill" vs "mills" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "mill" and "mills" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mill" 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 #185,252 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mill" and "mills" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mello vs mills". 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 #185,252 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.