millevsSergejWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: mille is a num, Sergej is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mille” is a num and “Sergej” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#25,671
“mille” frequency rank
#24,124
“Sergej” frequency rank
49795
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mille Sergej
Definition tausend männlicher Vorname

Letter map: mille vs Sergej

Shared letters muted; letters that set mille and Sergej apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. mille runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against Sergej's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
mille
6 ch
Sergej

Grammar separator: mille vs Sergej

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mille is anum and Sergejaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49795, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mille is recorded at frequency rank #25,671, classified as anum, pronounced […]. Sergej is at rank #24,124, tagged as aname, pronounced […].

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 49795, this pair ranks #1,198,128 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mille vs Sergej

Shared letters: e. Private to "mille": ilm. Private to "Sergej": gjrs.

"mille" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "Sergej" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • milleimlle · milel · mlile · mmille
  • Sergejesrgej · segrej · seregj · sergejj · serggej · sergje · serrgej · sregej

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mille" and "Sergej" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mille" is a num and "Sergej" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "mille" or "Sergej"?
"Sergej" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,124 in our German list, against #25,671 for "mille". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "mille" and "Sergej". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mille" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Sergej" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,198,128 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mille" and "Sergej" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mille vs puzzles". 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 #1,198,128 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list