dillion
"dillion" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dillion” is uncommon English (frequency #95,904 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,904
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An unspecified large number (of).
Corpus desk
Index EN-dillion · dillion · English
dillion · rank #95,904 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,904
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Dieng
Nearest frequency peer: Dieng (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “dillion”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Diarra
Diarra
4,102 corpus weight
- Dieng
Dieng
4,099 corpus weight
- dillion
dillion
4,097 corpus weight
- directional…
directionally
4,095 corpus weight
- dissidence
dissidence
4,093 corpus weight
- dolo
dolo
4,091 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “dillion” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dillion |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #95,904 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “dillion” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dillion is uncommon English at frequency #95,904 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An unspecified large number (of).".
Zero misspellings are on record for dillion in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: See -illion. The correct English form is dillion, spelled D-I-L-L-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1An unspecified large number (of).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how dillion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
'The human bean,' the Giant went on, 'is coming in dillions of different flavours. […]
He'd been sitting in the car for a dillion years waiting for his mother to find her glasses.
Etymology
See -illion.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).