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According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), milion is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 33 times in scientific texts, 97 times in news, 74 times in essays, 10 times in fiction, and 3 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 217 times, making it the 258th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.
References
^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “milion”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “milion”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “milion”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “milon, milijon”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “milion”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 247
Further reading
milion in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
Ewa Rodek (23.04.2021) “MILION”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]