magilla
/məˈɡɪlə/noun
magilla is spelled M-A-G-I-L-L-A: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, magilla means “Something large or elaborate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of magilla is magillas.
How many letters and syllables are in magilla?
| Letters | 7: M-A-G-I-L-L-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 35 million words; the 180,281st 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 magilla?
Magilla appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st 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 magilla?
- /məˈɡɪlə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of magilla
- magillas plural
- megillah
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does magilla mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Something large or elaborate.
- 2
A big fuss or messy situation.
- 3
An epitome; an acme; an exemplar.
- 4
Someone big and brutish; a gorilla.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does magilla come from?
From Yiddish מגילה (megile, “a lengthy document, a long story”), from Hebrew מגילה / מְגִלָּה (məḡillāh, “a scroll”). Doublet of megillah.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).