supergiant
noun, adjective
supergiant is spelled S-U-P-E-R-G-I-A-N-T: 10 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, supergiant means “A very large star having a mass between 10 and 70 solar masses” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of supergiant is supergiants.
How many letters and syllables are in supergiant?
| Letters | 10: S-U-P-E-R-G-I-A-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 11 million words; the 101,613th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is supergiant?
Supergiant appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 101,613th 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 supergiant?
- US
Supergiant has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-supergiant.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of supergiant
- supergiants plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does supergiant mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A very large star having a mass between 10 and 70 solar masses.
adjective
- 1
Extremely large; regarded as being larger than giant.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Supergiant in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense very large star:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | supergéante |
| German | Überriese, Supergigant |
| Portuguese | supergigante |
| Spanish | supergigante |
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 supergiant come from?
From super- + giant.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).