Milennium or millennium?
Did you mean millennium? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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Correct spelling: millennium. Misspelling: milennium.
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Memory tip
Double L and double N, from Latin mille (thousand) and annus (year).
Why people write “milennium”
The misspelling “milennium” is only one letter off: it uses a single L where millennium has a double LL.
Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make millennium automatic.
What does “millennium” mean?
millennium noun
- a span of 1000 years
Synonyms:millenary
- (New Testament) in Revelations it is foretold that those faithful to Jesus will reign with Jesus over the earth for a thousand years; the meaning of these words have been much debated; some denominations (e.g. Jehovah's Witnesses) expect it to be a thousand years of justice and peace and happiness
- the 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
Synonyms:millenary
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Millennium” in a sentence
- The bridge was built for the new millennium.
Is “millennium” a playable word?
14 points in Scrabble · 21 in Words With Friends
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“milennium” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from MILLENNIUM.