Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

one in a million

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.29 in modern English

Syllables: one in a mil-lion
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something extremely rare or unlikely.

Example Sentences

"[…]most commonly break outwardly, and not one in a Million inwardly."
"A one in a million, chance of a lifetime ... one in a million you."

Synonyms

hen's tooth long shot

Questions

What does one in a million mean?: Something extremely rare or unlikely.

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