megatherium
noun
megatherium is spelled M-E-G-A-T-H-E-R-I-U-M: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 42 million words in written English, the 199,120th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, megatherium means “A ground sloth of the extinct genus Megatherium, esp. the megathere” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of megatherium is megatheriums or megatheria.
How many letters and syllables are in megatherium?
| Letters | 11: M-E-G-A-T-H-E-R-I-U-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 42 million words; the 199,120th 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 megatherium?
Megatherium appears about once in every 42 million words in written English, the 199,120th 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 megatherium
- megatheriums plural
- megatheria plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does megatherium mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A ground sloth of the extinct genus Megatherium, esp. the megathere
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does megatherium come from?
From the genus name.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).