millinery
/ˈmɪl.nɚˌi/noun
millinery is spelled M-I-L-L-I-N-E-R-Y: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 68,248th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, millinery means “Women's hats” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of millinery is millineries.
How many letters and syllables are in millinery?
| Letters | 9: M-I-L-L-I-N-E-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 68,248th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 millinery?
Millinery appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 68,248th 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 millinery?
- US /ˈmɪl.nɚˌi/
- US /ˈmɪl.ɪ.nɚ.i/
Millinery has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-millinery.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of millinery
- millineries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does millinery mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Women's hats.
- 2
A shop selling women's hats.
- 3
The business and work that a milliner engages in.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Millinery in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Hutgeschäft, Modewaren, Modewarengeschäft, Boutique , Hutmacherei |
| Spanish | boneteria |
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 millinery come from?
From milliner + -y (nominalizer).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).