zillion
/ˈzɪljən/noun
zillion is spelled Z-I-L-L-I-O-N: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,363rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, zillion means “An unspecified large number (of)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of zillion is zillions.
How many letters and syllables are in zillion?
| Letters | 7: Z-I-L-L-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 45,363rd 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 zillion?
Zillion appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,363rd 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 zillion?
- /ˈzɪljən/
Zillion has 2 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: En-uk-zillion.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of zillion
- zillions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does zillion mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
slangAn unspecified large number (of).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Zillion in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense unspecified large number:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | trouzillion |
| Portuguese | zilhão, zilião |
| Spanish | chorrocientos, chorromil, cuchucientos, cuchumil, quichicientas, sepetecientos |
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 zillion come from?
See -illion. An arbitrary coinage, appearing by 1916, on analogy of million, billion, trillion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).