millions
/ˈmɪljənz/
"millions" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“millions” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #2,304. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,304
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of million
Corpus desk
Index EN-millions · millions · English
millions · rank #2,304 · 10 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,304
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH lights
Nearest frequency peer: lights (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “millions”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- ladies
ladies
97,700 corpus weight
- lay
lay
97,699 corpus weight
- lights
lights
97,698 corpus weight
- millions
millions
97,697 corpus weight
- mixed
mixed
97,696 corpus weight
- phase
phase
97,695 corpus weight
What this shows “millions” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | millions |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| IPA | /ˈmɪljənz/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #2,304 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “millions”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around millions (IPA /ˈmɪljənz/), anumeral. Corpus frequency is #2,304 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of million".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for millions, with forms such as "imllions", "mililons", and "milions". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Mullins", "missions", "millionth", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is millions, spelled M-I-L-L-I-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1plural of million
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how millions appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
1815?: Captain Dugald Carmichael, F.L.s., the Rev. Colin Smith (editor), Biographical Notice of the late Captain Dugald Carmichael, F.L.s., volume 2, >page 343; quoted in:
“ […] The Hindoo bears a superstitious veneration for every thing possessed of life : the Briton venerates nothing, but sacrifices all, without distinction, to his appetite or his amusement. The former worships 333 millions of gods, male or female, some with two arms, some with two hundred; the latter, so far as can be gathered from his actions, worships…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imllions
- mililons
- milions
- millinos
- millionns
- millionss
- milliosn
- milloins
- mlilions
- mmillions
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of millions - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "millions", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).