quintillion
\kɛ̃.ti.ljɔ̃\
The verdict
“quintillion” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Un million de quadrillions ou un million à la puissance cinq, soit 10³⁰.
Corpus desk
Index FR-quintillion · quintillion · French
quintillion · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Q" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quintillion |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɛ̃.ti.ljɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
quintillion is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɛ̃.ti.ljɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for quintillion in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is quintillion, spelled Q-U-I-N-T-I-L-L-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Un million de quadrillions ou un million à la puissance cinq, soit 10³⁰.
- 2ou Un milliard de milliards. 10¹⁸.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how quintillion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il a pu être synthétisé mi-août après 553 jours de bombardement d’une couche de bismuth par 130 quintillions (10³⁰) d’atomes de zinc dans l’accélérateur de particules du Riken.
Mais je savais aussi que vingt lettres seulement peuvent former deux quintillions, quatre cent trente-deux quatrillions, neuf cent deux trillions, huit milliards, cent soixante-seize millions, six cent quarante mille combinaisons.
This word in other languages
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