Trillion
[tʁɪˈli̯oːn]
The verdict
“Trillion” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Zahl 10¹⁸, eine Eins mit 18 Nullen
Corpus desk
Index DE-trillion · Trillion · German
Trillion · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | Trillion |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tʁɪˈli̯oːn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Trillion“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Trillion is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [tʁɪˈli̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Zahl 10¹⁸, eine Eins mit 18 Nullen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Trillion, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Trillion, spelled T-R-I-L-L-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1die Zahl 10¹⁸, eine Eins mit 18 Nullen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Trillion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eine Trillion sind tausend Billiarden.
„Schließlich wusste sich die Regierung nicht mehr anders zu helfen, als am 12. April 2009 den Simbabwe-Dollar ganz aus dem Verkehr zu ziehen und die US-Währung einzuführen, wobei am Ende 300 Trillionen Simbabwe-Dollar einen US-Dollar wert waren.“
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.