Miles vs Root

Miles

name
  • An unincorporated community in Porterfield, Marinette County, Wisconsin. 

  • An unincorporated community in Mathews County, Virginia. 

  • A minor city in Jackson County, Iowa. 

  • A male given name from the Germanic languages. 

  • An unincorporated community in Orange County, North Carolina. 

  • A minor city in Runnels County, Texas. 

  • A surname originating as a patronymic. 

  • A town in Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. 

  • A township in Centre County, Pennsylvania. 

  • An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Washington. 

  • An unincorporated community in Pendleton County, West Virginia. 

Root

name
  • A river in Wisconsin, United States. 

  • A town in Lucerne canton, Switzerland. 

  • A river in Minnesota, United States; named as a translation of its native Dakota name. 

  • A town in New York, United States; named for lawyer and politician Erastus Root. 

  • A habitational surname from Dutch for someone living near a retting place (Dutch root, from roten (“to ret”)). 

  • An English surname from Middle English from a byname from Middle English rote (“glad”). 

  • An English surname originating as an occupation for a rote (medieval guitar)-player. 

How often have the words Miles and Root occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )