mille fois

\mil fwa\

/\mil fwa\/ adv

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fort souvent.

Key facts for mille fois
PropertyValue
Headwordmille fois
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\mil fwa\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mille fois” sits in French frequency

mille fois 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

mille fois is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \mil fwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fort souvent.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mille fois, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is mille fois, spelled M-I-L-L-E- -F-O-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fort souvent.

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 fois"?
"mille fois" is spelled M-I-L-L-E- -F-O-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mil fwa\.
What does "mille fois" mean?
As an adverb, "mille fois" means: Fort souvent.
How do you pronounce "mille fois"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mille fois" is \mil fwa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mille fois" come from?
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Using “mille fois”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is M-I-L-L-E- -F-O-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \mil fwa\ (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