milk

noun

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The verdict

“milk” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #16,117. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,117
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - leite

Corpus desk

Index PT-milk · milk · Portuguese

milk · rank #16,117 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,117
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH merecido

Nearest frequency peer: merecido (-2 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “milk”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “milk” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

milk vs mim
50% similar
milk vs min
50% similar
milk vs mix
50% similar

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

Key facts for milk
PropertyValue
Headwordmilk
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#16,117
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “milk”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).milkcai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “merecido” (#16,115), “movimentado” (#16,119), “maionese” (#16,111). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “milk” fica em #16,117. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around milk, anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,117 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for milk, with forms such as "imlk", "mikl", and "milkk". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mim", "min", "mix", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is milk, spelled M-I-L-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    leite
  2. 2
    leite
  3. 3
    leite
  4. 4
    leite
  5. 5
    uma porção de leite
  6. 6
    ova madura de ostra, ainda não secretada

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how milk appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Table nine ordered three milks.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imlk
  • mikl
  • milkk
  • millk
  • mlik
  • mmilk

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of milk - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

imlk2mikl2milkk1millk1mlik2mmilk1
Edit distance from "milk"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "milk"?
"milk" is spelled M-I-L-K.
What does "milk" mean?
As a noun, "milk" means: leite
What words are commonly confused with "milk"?
"milk" is commonly confused with "mim", "min", "mix". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "milk" come from?
"milk" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

odor#16,128laje#16,102rito#16,163soar#16,172

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

step6 variantsxeque6 variantsseita6 variantskung6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list