Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hectobillion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hec-to-bil-lion
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

num

Hundred billion.

Example Sentences

"Bill Gates is responsible for hectobillions, of whatever currency strikes your fancy, in business done; science done, information disseminated, personal communications and access."
"CHAPTERS FIVE THROUGH TWELVE: Well, there's a few little details to be ironed out, I guess. This will require two hectobillion square brackets, and will involve Cocoa methods that have names that are no fewer than twelve humptosquillion characters long. You like typing, right?"
"The paper points towards a broader shift from public to private financial markets where the winning tech firms with hectobillion-dollar-equity valuations may reject IPOs and stay privately-held while founders seek to retain total corporate control over AGI technologies."

Etymology

From hecto- (“hundred”) + billion.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hecto

Inflected Forms

hectobillions (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

hectobillionaire hectomillion

Synonyms

centibillion

Questions

What does hectobillion mean?: Hundred billion.
Where does hectobillion come from?: From hecto- (“hundred”) + billion.

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