Which to use
“millième” is a noun and “millièmes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,917
- “millième” frequency rank
- #40,375
- “millièmes” frequency rank
- 79292
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | millième | millièmes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Élément ordinal, correspondant au cardinal mille. | Pluriel de millième. |
Same sound, different letters: millième vs millièmes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. millième runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCV) against millièmes's 9 (CVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - millième / millièmes
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: millième and millièmes carry the same recorded pronunciation, \mi.ljɛm\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “millième” sits inside “millièmes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79292, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
millième is recorded at frequency rank #38,917, classified as anoun, pronounced \mi.ljɛm\. millièmes is at rank #40,375, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mi.ljɛm\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 79292, this pair ranks #23,656 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of millième vs millièmes
Shared letters: eilmè. Private to "millième": -. Private to "millièmes": s.
"millième" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "millièmes" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "millième" / "millièmes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "millième" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "millièmes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #23,656 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "millième" and "millièmes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Millie vs millième". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #23,656 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.