achillée millefeuille

\a.ʃi.le mil.fœj\

/\a.ʃi.le mil.fœj\/ noun

The verdict

“achillée millefeuille” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
21
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom vulgaire de Achillea millefolium, plante herbacée vivace de la famille des Astéracées, de l’hémisphère Nord, aux fleurs en capitules blanches ou roses et au feuillage très découpé.

Key facts for achillée millefeuille
PropertyValue
Headwordachillée millefeuille
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ʃi.le mil.fœj\
Letters21
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “achillée millefeuille” sits in French frequency

achillée millefeuille falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

achillée millefeuille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.ʃi.le mil.fœj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom vulgaire de Achillea millefolium, plante herbacée vivace de la famille des Astéracées, de l’hémisphère Nord, aux fleurs en capitules blanches ou roses et au feuillage très découpé.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for achillée millefeuille, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is achillée millefeuille, spelled A-C-H-I-L-L-É-E- -M-I-L-L-E-F-E-U-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom vulgaire de Achillea millefolium, plante herbacée vivace de la famille des Astéracées, de l’hémisphère Nord, aux fleurs en capitules blanches ou roses et au feuillage très découpé.

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "achillée millefeuille"?
"achillée millefeuille" is spelled A-C-H-I-L-L-É-E- -M-I-L-L-E-F-E-U-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ʃi.le mil.fœj\.
What does "achillée millefeuille" mean?
As a noun, "achillée millefeuille" means: Nom vulgaire de Achillea millefolium, plante herbacée vivace de la famille des Astéracées, de l’hémisphère Nord, aux fleurs en capitules blanches ou roses et au feuillage très découpé.
How do you pronounce "achillée millefeuille"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "achillée millefeuille" is \a.ʃi.le mil.fœj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "achillée millefeuille" come from?
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Using “achillée millefeuille”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is A-C-H-I-L-L-É-E- -M-I-L-L-E-F-E-U-I-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \a.ʃi.le mil.fœj\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list