achillée millefeuille
\a.ʃi.le mil.fœj\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | achillée millefeuille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.ʃi.le mil.fœj\ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “achillée millefeuille” sits in French frequency
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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
- 1Nom 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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- 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.
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