Million

/[mɪˈli̯oːn]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,058

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

Million is aGermannoun. It means: 1.000.000, eintausend mal eintausend, 10⁶ Pronounced [mɪˈli̯oːn]. It ranks #3,058 in German word frequency. Often confused with Mission and Millionen.

Key facts for Million
PropertyValue
HeadwordMillion
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[mɪˈli̯oːn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,058
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Million in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Million is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [mɪˈli̯oːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,058 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for Million, with forms such as "imllion", "mililon", and "milion". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Mission", "Millionen", "Millionär", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Million, spelled M-I-L-L-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    1.000.000, eintausend mal eintausend, 10⁶
  2. 2
    eine sehr große unbestimmte Anzahl

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: imllion,mililon,milion,millino,millionn,milloin,mlilion,mmillion

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Million

Misspelling Variants of "Million"

imllion7mililon7milion6millino7millionn8milloin7mlilion7mmillion8
Misspelling Variants of "Million"

Frequency rank: #3,058 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Million"?
"Million" is spelled M-I-L-L-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [mɪˈli̯oːn].
What does "Million" mean?
As a noun, "Million" means: 1.000.000, eintausend mal eintausend, 10⁶
What words are commonly confused with "Million"?
"Million" is commonly confused with "Mission", "Millionen", "Millionär". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Million"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Million" is [mɪˈli̯oːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Million" come from?
"Million" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.