Godzilla
/ɡɑdˈzɪlə/noun
Godzilla is spelled G-O-D-Z-I-L-L-A: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 18,064th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Godzilla means “Anything that is an extremely large or dramatic example of its type” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Godzilla is Godzillas.
How many letters and syllables are in Godzilla?
| Letters | 8: G-O-D-Z-I-L-L-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.3 times per million words; the 18,064th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is Godzilla?
Godzilla appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 18,064th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce Godzilla?
- UK /ɡɒdˈzɪlə/
- US /ɡɑdˈzɪlə/
- Australia /ɡɔdˈzɪlə/
Godzilla has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-Godzilla.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with Godzilla?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as Godzilla from its last stressed vowel (/ɪlə/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of Godzilla
- Godzillas plural
- Godzirra
- Gojira
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Godzilla mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Anything that is an extremely large or dramatic example of its type.
a Godzilla of a tower building
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does Godzilla come from?
From Japanese ゴジラ (Gojira), blend created for the movie from the words ゴリラ (gorira, “gorilla”) and 鯨 (kujira, “whale”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).