Euromillions

name

The verdict

“Euromillions” is uncommon French (frequency #68,267 among 3,255 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,267
frequency rank, French
3,255
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Loterie transnationale, proposée dans douze pays européens, les quatre monnaies de jeu étant l’euro, la livre sterling, le franc suisse et le franc pacifique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-euromillions · Euromillions · French

Euromillions · rank #68,267 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,267
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,255
  • PHOTO-FINISH eugenia

Nearest frequency peer: eugenia (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Euromillions »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Euromillions » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Euromillions
PropertyValue
HeadwordEuromillions
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters12
Frequency rank#68,267
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Euromillions » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Euromillionstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « eugenia » (#68,266), « Evin » (#68,268), « excusait » (#68,269). Parmi 3,255 lemmes en « E », « Euromillions » est au #68,267. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Euromillions is uncommon French at frequency #68,267 among 3,255 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Loterie transnationale, proposée dans douze pays européens, les quatre monnaies de jeu étant l’euro, la livre sterling, le franc suisse et le franc pacifique.".

Euromillions doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Euromillions, spelled E-U-R-O-M-I-L-L-I-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Loterie transnationale, proposée dans douze pays européens, les quatre monnaies de jeu étant l’euro, la livre sterling, le franc suisse et le franc pacifique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Euromillions appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Cent soixante-cinq clients d’une libraire du village d’Olmen (Belgique) ont joué ensemble à l’Euromillions.
  2. Sylvain Balmont, commercial dans une entreprise agroalimentaire, gagne le jackpot de l’Euromillions grâce à un SDF.

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Euromillions"?
"Euromillions" is spelled E-U-R-O-M-I-L-L-I-O-N-S.
What does "Euromillions" mean?
As a proper noun, "Euromillions" means: Loterie transnationale, proposée dans douze pays européens, les quatre monnaies de jeu étant l’euro, la livre sterling, le franc suisse et le franc pacifique.
What language does "Euromillions" come from?
"Euromillions" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Euromillions", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list