mille milliards
\mil mi.ljaʁ\
The verdict
“mille milliards” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Billion, 10¹². Note d’usage : Ce mot peut semer la confusion avec l’anglais billion, qui signifie un milliard, 10⁹.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mille-milliards · mille milliards · French
mille milliards · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mille milliards |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mil mi.ljaʁ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
mille milliards is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mil mi.ljaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Billion, 10¹². Note d’usage : Ce mot peut semer la confusion avec l’anglais billion, qui signifie un milliard, 10⁹.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mille milliards, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is mille milliards, spelled M-I-L-L-E- -M-I-L-L-I-A-R-D-S.
Definition
- 1Billion, 10¹². Note d’usage : Ce mot peut semer la confusion avec l’anglais billion, qui signifie un milliard, 10⁹.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mille milliards appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sa capacité de calcul s’élèvera à 12,3 téraflops, un téraflop n’ayant rien d’un bide au niveau du sol, mais symbolisant la bagatelle de douze mille milliards d’opérations à la seconde.
C’est ainsi que l’Agence Internationale de l’Energie estime à seize mille milliards de dollars les investissements dans le secteur de l’énergie entre 2000 et 2030 pour satisfaire la demande.
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.