Googol
[ˈɡuːɡɔl]
The verdict
“Googol” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Zahl 10¹⁰⁰, was einer 1 mit 100 Nullen entspricht
Corpus desk
Index DE-googol · Googol · German
Googol · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Googol |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡuːɡɔl] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Googol“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Googol is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡuːɡɔl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Zahl 10¹⁰⁰, was einer 1 mit 100 Nullen entspricht".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Googol, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Googol, spelled G-O-O-G-O-L.
Definition
- 1die Zahl 10¹⁰⁰, was einer 1 mit 100 Nullen entspricht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Googol appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein Googol ist ausgeschrieben 10 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000.
„Der Name unseres Suchwerkzeugs leitet sich von ‚Googol‘ ab, eine von Edward Kasner und James Newman in ihrem Buch ‚Mathematics and the Imagination‘ 1940 eingeführte Bezeichnung für die Zahl zehn hoch einhundert, also eine 1, gefolgt von 100 Nullen.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.