googolplex
goo·gol·plex/ˈɡuɡəlplɛks/number
googolplex is spelled G-O-O-G-O-L-P-L-E-X: 10 letters and 3 syllables (goo·gol·plex). It appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a number, googolplex means “The number 10^(10¹⁰⁰) or 10^( text )googol, ten to the power of a googol” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in googolplex?
| Letters | 10: G-O-O-G-O-L-P-L-E-X |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: goo·gol·plex |
| In writing | about once in every 41 million words; the 196,618th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is googolplex?
Googolplex appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th 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 googolplex?
- UK /ˈɡuːɡəlplɛks/
- UK /ˈɡuːɡɒl-/
- US /ˈɡuɡəlplɛks/
Googolplex has 3 syllables, split goo·gol·plex in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-googolplex.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does googolplex mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
number
- 1
The number 10^(10¹⁰⁰) or 10^( text )googol, ten to the power of a googol.
- 2
A countable number.
- 3
USnonstandardrareAn infinitesimally small portion of land, defined for legal purposes.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Googolplex in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense ten to the power of a googol:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | gogolplex |
| German | Googolplex |
| Portuguese | googolplex |
| Spanish | googolplex |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does googolplex come from?
From googol + -plex, coined by American mathematician Milton Sirotta in 1920 who was then the young nephew of mathematician Edward Kasner. First published and defined in the book Mathematics and the Imagination (1940).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).