millilitre
"millilitre" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“millilitre” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A unit of measure of capacity, equal to one thousandth of a litre. Symbol: mL or ml.
Corpus desk
Index EN-millilitre · millilitre · English
millilitre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | millilitre |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “millilitre” in English
Rare enough to double-check
millilitre is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A unit of measure of capacity, equal to one thousandth of a litre. Symbol: mL or ml.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for millilitre in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From milli- + litre, from French millilitre. The correct English form is millilitre, spelled M-I-L-L-I-L-I-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1A unit of measure of capacity, equal to one thousandth of a litre. Symbol: mL or ml.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how millilitre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Holonyms: litre < kilolitre < megalitre < gigalitre
Meronyms: picolitre < nanolitre < microlitre
Etymology
From milli- + litre, from French millilitre.
This word in other languages
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.