milles

\mil\

/\mil\/ noun

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The verdict

“milles” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,888. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,888
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-milles · milles · French

milles · rank #8,888 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,888
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mesdames

Nearest frequency peer: mesdames (-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 « milles »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « milles » 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).

milles vs Mlle
50% similar
milles vs mises
67% similar
milles vs mines
67% similar

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

Key facts for milles
PropertyValue
Headwordmilles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mil\
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,888
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « milles »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mesdames » (#8,887), « miracles » (#8,889), « missile » (#8,890). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « milles » est au #8,888. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around milles (IPA \mil\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,888 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel du mille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for milles, with forms such as "imlles", "milels", and "milless". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Mlle", "mises", "mines", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is milles, spelled M-I-L-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel du mille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il servait principalement de station aux détachements qui accompagnaient les convois de pelleteries venus du lac du Grand-Ours situé à près de trois cents milles dans le nord-ouest.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imlles
  • milels
  • milless
  • millse
  • mliles
  • mmilles

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

imlles2milels2milless1millse2mliles2mmilles1
Edit distance from "milles"

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

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mousse#8,892parade#8,900lignée#8,875pilule#8,907

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

naît6 variantsLucie6 variantsviser6 variantscolin6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list