millimètre
\mi.li.mɛtʁ\
The verdict
“millimètre” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,438. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,438
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unité de mesure de longueur du Système international (SI), valant 10⁻³ mètre, et dont le symbole est mm.
Corpus desk
Index FR-millimetre · millimètre · French
millimètre · rank #26,438 · 14 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,438
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH Millau
Nearest frequency peer: Millau (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “millimètre”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- maximales
maximales
73,566 corpus weight
- migraines
migraines
73,565 corpus weight
- Millau
Millau
73,564 corpus weight
- millimètre
millimètre
73,563 corpus weight
- minables
minables
73,562 corpus weight
- minou
minou
73,560 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “millimètre” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | millimètre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mi.li.mɛtʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #26,438 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “millimètre” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around millimètre (IPA \mi.li.mɛtʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,438 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Unité de mesure de longueur du Système international (SI), valant 10⁻³ mètre, et dont le symbole est mm.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for millimètre, with forms such as "imllimètre", "mililmètre", and "milimètre". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "millimètres", "mm", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is millimètre, spelled M-I-L-L-I-M-È-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Unité de mesure de longueur du Système international (SI), valant 10⁻³ mètre, et dont le symbole est mm.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how millimètre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On fabrique actuellement des tubes capillaires en verre excessivement fins. Ceux-ci, étirés par des ouvriers spéciaux, ont d’ordinaire une ouverture de deux dixième de millimètre.
Il aligna ses pistolets sur une table de marbre, à côté de lui. Il les graissa, les essuya, fit jouer les ressorts à vide, il en lima soigneusement les détentes : « Ça part au millimètre », dit-il.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imllimètre
- mililmètre
- milimètre
- millimetre
- millimmètre
- millimtère
- millimèrte
- millimèter
- millimètrre
- millimèttre
- millièmtre
- millmiètre
- mlilimètre
- mmillimètre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of millimètre - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "millimètre", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "millimètre". Here's where to go from here.
- "millimètre" maps to 2 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "millimètres". View pair
- 14 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #26,438 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "M" letter cohort. M–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.