trillion

\tʁi.ljɔ̃\

/\tʁi.ljɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“trillion” is uncommon French (frequency #96,461 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,461
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Un milliard de milliards ou un million au cube, selon l’échelle longue. 10¹⁸.

Corpus desk

Index FR-trillion · trillion · French

trillion · rank #96,461 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,461
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tricotage

Nearest frequency peer: tricotage (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « trillion »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « trillion » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for trillion
PropertyValue
Headwordtrillion
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tʁi.ljɔ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#96,461
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « trillion » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).trilliontombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « tricotage » (#96,460), « troupiers » (#96,462), « Trastevere » (#96,459). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « trillion » est au #96,461. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

trillion is uncommon French at frequency #96,461 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tʁi.ljɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for trillion in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is trillion, spelled T-R-I-L-L-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Un milliard de milliards ou un million au cube, selon l’échelle longue. 10¹⁸.
  2. 2
    ou Un million de millions, selon l’échelle courte. 10¹².

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Billions’ (douze zéros), trillions (18 zéros), trilliards (21 zéros), quatrillions’(24 zéros).
  2. 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.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "trillion"?
"trillion" is spelled T-R-I-L-L-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \tʁi.ljɔ̃\.
What does "trillion" mean?
As a noun, "trillion" means: Un milliard de milliards ou un million au cube, selon l’échelle longue. 10¹⁸.
How do you pronounce "trillion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "trillion" is \tʁi.ljɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "trillion" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "trillion", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list