mil and mill are homophones: they are pronounced identically and spelled differently, which is why they are so often swapped. mil means “a Cypriot monetary unit equal to one thousandth of a pound”. mill means “a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing”. mill is the more common of the two in everyday English.
/ˈmɪl/
1.n.a Cypriot monetary unit equal to one thousandth of a pound
2.n.a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km
3.n.a unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch; used to specify thickness (e.g., of sheets or wire)
/ˈmɪl/
| mil | mill | |
|---|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈmɪl/ | /ˈmɪl/ |
| Said | mil | mil |
| Syllables | 1 | 1 |
| Letters | 3 | 4 |
| Parts of speech | noun | noun, verb |
| Senses | 5 | 9 |
| How common | Familiar | Common |
| Synonyms | none recorded | factory, manufacturing plant, manufactory |
1.n.a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
2.n.Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill (1773-1836)
3.n.English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873)