milliard
/ˈmɪlɪɑːd/
"milliard" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“milliard” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a numeral. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 10⁹, a thousand (times a) million. (Now generally replaced by the short scale billion.)
Corpus desk
Index EN-milliard · milliard · English
milliard · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | milliard |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| IPA | /ˈmɪlɪɑːd/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “milliard” in English
Rare enough to double-check
milliard is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anumeral, transcribed /ˈmɪlɪɑːd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "10⁹, a thousand (times a) million. (Now generally replaced by the short scale billion.)".
milliard doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French milliard. The correct English form is milliard, spelled M-I-L-L-I-A-R-D.
Definition
- 110⁹, a thousand (times a) million. (Now generally replaced by the short scale billion.)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how milliard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
For the coming year France would contribute 80 milliard francs ($200 million) to the Algerian budget [...].
Etymology
Borrowed from French milliard.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.