megalodon
noun
megalodon is spelled M-E-G-A-L-O-D-O-N: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 82,325th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, megalodon means “A species of extinct shark that lived during the Miocene and Pliocene epochs (†Otodus megalodon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of megalodon is megalodons.
How many letters and syllables are in megalodon?
| Letters | 9: M-E-G-A-L-O-D-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 82,325th 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 megalodon?
Megalodon appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 82,325th 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).
Forms of megalodon
- megalodons plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does megalodon mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A species of extinct shark that lived during the Miocene and Pliocene epochs (†Otodus megalodon).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Megalodon in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense extinct shark in species of Carcharocles megalodon:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | mégalodon |
| German | Megalodon |
| Portuguese | megalodonte |
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 megalodon come from?
Learned borrowing from taxonomic name megalodon, from Ancient Greek μεγάλος (megálos, “big”) + ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”). By surface analysis, megalo- + -odon.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).