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milgrain

adjective

milgrain is spelled M-I-L-G-R-A-I-N: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, milgrain means “Of a gem setting, having the edge shaped into a fine beading” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in milgrain?

Letters8: M-I-L-G-R-A-I-N
In writingabout once in every 68 million words; the 258,950th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is milgrain?

Milgrain appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Forms of milgrain

  • more milgrain comparative
  • most milgrain superlative
  • millegrain
  • millegraine
  • milligrain

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does milgrain mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Of a gem setting, having the edge shaped into a fine beading.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Milgrain in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense Translations:

LanguageWords
Germanmillegriffe

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

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