military
mil·it·a·ry/ˈmɪlɪtɛɹi/adjective, noun
military is spelled M-I-L-I-T-A-R-Y, 4 syllables: mil·it·a·ry. The wrong spelling people search most is miltary: about 390 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 46 of all searches for the word. Military is an adjective meaning “Characteristic of members of the armed forces”.
How many letters and syllables are in military?
| Letters | 8: M-I-L-I-T-A-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: mil·it·a·ry |
| In writing | 158 times per million words; the 638th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 3; the most searched, miltary, about 390 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell military?
Military is spelled M-I-L-I-T-A-R-Y. 3 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 27 of the searches for military in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is military?
Military appears 158 times per million words in written English, the 638th 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).
How do you pronounce military?
- UK /ˈmɪlɪt(ə)ɹi/
- US /ˈmɪlɪtɛɹi/
- US /ˈmɪləˌtɛɹi/
Military has 4 syllables, split mil·it·a·ry in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-military.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with military?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as military from its last stressed vowel (/ɪlɪtɛɹi/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of military
- more military comparative
- most military superlative
- militaries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does military mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Characteristic of members of the armed forces.
She was dishonorably discharged from all military duties.
- 2
CanadaUSRelating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force (often as distinguished from civilians or police forces).
If you join a military force, you may end up killing people.
- 3
Relating to war.
- 4
Relating to armies or ground forces.
noun
- 1
Armed forces.
attempts by the military to influence government policy
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate military?
Wiktionary records 4 abbreviations of military: mil, mil., milit, milit..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Military in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Militär-, militärisch, Kriegs- , Streitkräfte, Militär, Armee |
| Portuguese | militar , exército |
| Spanish | militar, castrense , ejército, áscar |
| French | armée, troupes |
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.
Where does military come from?
From Middle English militari, from Old French militaire, from Latin mīlitāris, from mīles (“soldier”) + -āris (whence -ary). Doublet of militaire.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).