Which to use
“millième” and “millier” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,917
- “millième” frequency rank
- #10,906
- “millier” frequency rank
- 49823
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | millième | millier |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Élément ordinal, correspondant au cardinal mille. | Nom de nombre collectif exprimant la quantité de mille. |
Where the eye mixes millième and millier
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. millième runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCV) against millier's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses millième with millier
A purely visual mix-up. millième (\mi.ljɛm\) and millier (\mi.lje\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49823, 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\. millier is at rank #10,906, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mi.lje\.
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 49823, this pair ranks #167,602 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of millième vs millier
Shared letters: eilm. Private to "millième": è. Private to "millier": r.
"millième" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "millier" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- millier ← imllier · milier · mililer · milleir · millierr · millire · mlilier · mmillier
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "millième" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "millier" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #167,602 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "millième" and "millier" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Millie vs millième". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #167,602 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.