megagram
"megagram" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“megagram” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An SI unit of mass equal to 10⁶ grams. Symbol: Mg
Corpus desk
Index EN-megagram · megagram · English
megagram · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | megagram |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “megagram” in English
Rare enough to double-check
megagram is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An SI unit of mass equal to 10⁶ grams. Symbol: Mg".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for megagram, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mega- + gram. The correct English form is megagram, spelled M-E-G-A-G-R-A-M.
Definition
- 1An SI unit of mass equal to 10⁶ grams. Symbol: Mg
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how megagram appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Holonym: gigagram
Meronyms: picogram < nanogram < microgram < milligram < gram < kilogram
Etymology
From mega- + gram.
This word in other languages
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.