millénium
\mil.le.njɔm\
The verdict
“millénium” is uncommon French (frequency #51,610 among 202,672 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,610
- frequency rank, French
- 202,672
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Règne terrestre du Messie avant le jugement dernier, d'une durée de mille ans, époque rêvée par les millénaires, millénaristes ou chiliastes.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | millénium |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mil.le.njɔm\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #51,610 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “millénium” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
millénium is uncommon French at frequency #51,610 among 202,672 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mil.le.njɔm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
millénium has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is millénium, spelled M-I-L-L-É-N-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1Règne terrestre du Messie avant le jugement dernier, d'une durée de mille ans, époque rêvée par les millénaires, millénaristes ou chiliastes.
- 2Longue période de paix et de bonheur sur terre.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “millénium”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-I-L-L-É-N-I-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mil.le.njɔm\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.