miliciens

\mi.li.sjɛ̃\

/\mi.li.sjɛ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“miliciens” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,395. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,395
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de milicien.

Corpus desk

Index FR-miliciens · miliciens · French

miliciens · rank #21,395 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,395
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH merveilleusem…

Nearest frequency peer: merveilleusement (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « miliciens »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « miliciens » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

miliciens vs musiciens
78% similar
miliciens vs milices
78% similar
miliciens vs magiciens
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for miliciens
PropertyValue
Headwordmiliciens
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mi.li.sjɛ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#21,395
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « miliciens »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).miliciensse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « merveilleusement » (#21,394), « millet » (#21,396), « mensuelles » (#21,393). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « miliciens » est au #21,395. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around miliciens (IPA \mi.li.sjɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,395 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de milicien.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for miliciens, with forms such as "imliciens", "miilciens", and "milciiens". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "musiciens", "milices", "magiciens", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is miliciens, spelled M-I-L-I-C-I-E-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de milicien.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Véronique Nahoum-Grappe, qu’on ne peut soupçonner de complaisance envers les hommes et qui a fort bien dénoncé les violences des miliciens serbes avinés en Bosnie, lors des viols de guerre, a aussi évoqué « le violeur enivré (qui) s’endort avant de commettre son crime ».

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imliciens
  • miilciens
  • milciiens
  • milicciens
  • miliceins
  • milicienns
  • milicienss
  • miliciesn
  • milicines
  • miliicens
  • milliciens
  • mliiciens
  • mmiliciens

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of miliciens - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

imliciens2miilciens2milciiens2milicciens1miliceins2milicienns1milicienss1miliciesn2
Edit distance from "miliciens"

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 "miliciens"?
"miliciens" is spelled M-I-L-I-C-I-E-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mi.li.sjɛ̃\.
What does "miliciens" mean?
As a noun, "miliciens" means: Pluriel de milicien.
What words are commonly confused with "miliciens"?
"miliciens" is commonly confused with "musiciens", "milices", "magiciens". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "miliciens"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "miliciens" is \mi.li.sjɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "miliciens" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list