billion
/ˈbɪl.jən/
The verdict
“billion” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #70,042 among 2,459 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,042
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mil millones: un 1 seguido por 9 ceros.
Corpus desk
Index ES-billion · billion · Spanish
billion · rank #70,042 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,042
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH Bida
Nearest frequency peer: Bida (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “billion”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- beginning
beginning
29,963 corpus weight
- Berrío
Berrío
29,961 corpus weight
- Bida
Bida
29,960 corpus weight
- billion
billion
29,959 corpus weight
- biodiésel
biodiésel
29,958 corpus weight
- bisnieto
bisnieto
29,957 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “billion” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | billion |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈbɪl.jən/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #70,042 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “billion” en español
Rare enough to double-check
billion is uncommon Spanish at frequency #70,042 among 2,459 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈbɪl.jən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for billion, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is billion, spelled B-I-L-L-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Mil millones: un 1 seguido por 9 ceros.
- 2Un millón de millones: un 1 seguido por 12 ceros.
- 3Un número muy grande no especificado.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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