wazillion

noun

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

The verdict

“wazillion” 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-wazillion · wazillion · English

wazillion · 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 "W" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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

Long-tail rank of “wazillion” in English

wazillionsits 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

wazillion 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).".

No generated misspelling entries exist for wazillion in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: See -illion. The correct English form is wazillion, spelled W-A-Z-I-L-L-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    An unspecified large number (of).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. I would like the FAQ list for this newsgroup. I just signed on and went through a wazillion articles.

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 "wazillion"?
"wazillion" is spelled W-A-Z-I-L-L-I-O-N.
What does "wazillion" mean?
As a noun, "wazillion" means: An unspecified large number (of).
What is the origin of the word "wazillion"?
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