millinery
/ˈmɪl.nɚˌi/
"millinery" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“millinery” is uncommon English (frequency #68,443 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,443
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Women's hats.
Corpus desk
Index EN-millinery · millinery · English
millinery · rank #68,443 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,443
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH micromanage
Nearest frequency peer: micromanage (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “millinery”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- metra
metra
31,561 corpus weight
- metropole
metropole
31,560 corpus weight
- micromanage
micromanage
31,559 corpus weight
- millinery
millinery
31,558 corpus weight
- millman
millman
31,557 corpus weight
- minting
minting
31,556 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “millinery” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | millinery |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɪl.nɚˌi/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,443 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “millinery” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
millinery is uncommon English at frequency #68,443 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmɪl.nɚˌi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for millinery, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From milliner + -y (nominalizer). The correct English form is millinery, spelled M-I-L-L-I-N-E-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Women's hats.
- 2A shop selling women's hats.
- 3The business and work that a milliner engages in.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how millinery appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The show is worth watching for Agnes van Rhijn’s withering propriety and Bertha Russell’s dresses and millinery alone.
They used to tell one about a kid asking his grumpy old man when they were walking to the park, "What's the name of this flower, Papa?" And the old guy is peevish and he yells, "How should I know? Am I in the milinery business?"
Etymology
From milliner + -y (nominalizer).
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.