Which to use
“millième” and “milliers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,917
- “millième” frequency rank
- #1,667
- “milliers” frequency rank
- 40584
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | millième | milliers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Élément ordinal, correspondant au cardinal mille. | Pluriel de millier. |
Where the eye mixes millième and milliers
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. millième (CVCCVVCV) and milliers (CVCCVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: millième vs milliers
A purely visual mix-up. millième (\mi.ljɛm\) and milliers (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40584, 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\. milliers is at rank #1,667, 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 40584, this pair ranks #239,425 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of millième vs milliers
Shared letters: eilm. Private to "millième": è. Private to "milliers": rs.
"millième" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "milliers" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- milliers ← imlliers · miliers · mililers · milleirs · millierrs · millierss · milliesr · millires
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "millième" and "milliers" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "millième" or "milliers"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "millième" and "milliers" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "millième" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "milliers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #239,425 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "millième" and "milliers" 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 #239,425 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.