mille-feuilles

\mil.fœj\

/\mil.fœj\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
14
letters

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-mille-feuilles · mille-feuilles · French

mille-feuilles · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for mille-feuilles
PropertyValue
Headwordmille-feuilles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mil.fœj\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « mille-feuilles » en français

mille-feuillesreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

Rare enough to double-check

mille-feuilles is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mil.fœj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de mille-feuille (plante).".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mille-feuilles, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is mille-feuilles, spelled M-I-L-L-E---F-E-U-I-L-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de mille-feuille (plante).

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 "mille-feuilles"?
"mille-feuilles" is spelled M-I-L-L-E---F-E-U-I-L-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mil.fœj\.
What does "mille-feuilles" mean?
As a noun, "mille-feuilles" means: Pluriel de mille-feuille (plante).
How do you pronounce "mille-feuilles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mille-feuilles" is \mil.fœj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mille-feuilles" come from?
"mille-feuilles" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list