majillion

noun

"majillion" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“majillion” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An unspecified large number (of).

Corpus desk

Index EN-majillion · majillion · English

majillion · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for majillion
PropertyValue
Headwordmajillion
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “majillion” in English

majillionsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

majillion is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An unspecified large number (of).".

majillion doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: See -illion. The correct English form is majillion, spelled M-A-J-I-L-L-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    An unspecified large number (of).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how majillion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. You know how when you break a glass, it shatters all over the floor? It felt like there were a majillion glass bits in my throat. "I'm not sharing it with Francesca. I swear."
  2. So, since this is a majillion percent your fault, you're going to help me with this situation here. I need both hands, so you open the door, I need both hands, so you open the door, I'll handle Artaud, and you stay out of the way, sound good?

Etymology

See -illion.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "majillion"?
"majillion" is spelled M-A-J-I-L-L-I-O-N.
What does "majillion" mean?
As a noun, "majillion" means: An unspecified large number (of).
What is the origin of the word "majillion"?
See -illion. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list