Millenium or millennium?
Did you mean millennium? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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millenium
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millennium
Correct spelling: millennium. Misspelling: millenium.
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Memory tip
Double L and double N, from Latin mille (thousand) and annus (year).
Why people write “millenium”
The misspelling “millenium” is only one letter off: it uses a single N where millennium has a double NN.
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.
Other misspellings of “millennium”
People also write “milennium”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“milennium”
Correct spelling: millennium. Misspelling: milennium.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “milennium” is only one letter off: it uses a single L where millennium has a double LL.
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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“millenium” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from MILLENNIUM.