Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

septendecillion

/ˌsɛptəndəˈsɪl.i.ən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sep-ten-decil-lion
IPA: /ˌsɛptəndəˈsɪl.i.ən/

20

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

num

10⁵⁴.

Australian usage; British usage; American usage

num

10¹⁰².

Australian usage; British usage; Dated

Example Sentences

"STV by the Numbers: [...] 3000^16 (roughly 43 septendecillion) : number of possible voting permutations if 3,000 students vote (Single Transferable Voting is pretty complicated!)."
"One Septendecillion Years From Now [...] The total mass of the universe [will be] somewhere between 200 and 500 septendecillion grams."
"The names of the periods above trillion are as follows [...] 19th, septendecillion [...]"

Etymology

From Latin septendec(im) (“seventeen”) + -illion; compare tredecillion, quattuordecillion, etc. By surface analysis, septen- + decillion.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: la:septendecim

Usage

Australian usage
British usage
American usage
Dated

Inflected Forms

septendecillions (plural)

Phrases

Previous: sexdecillion. Next: octodecillion.

Frequently Paired Words

Previous: sexdecillion. Next: octodecillion.

Synonyms

1054 10102

Rhymes With

million billion brazilian trillion pavilion gillian jillian maximilian vermilion zillion gazillion castilian

Questions

How do you pronounce septendecillion?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsɛptəndəˈsɪl.i.ən/.
What does septendecillion mean?: 10⁵⁴.
Where does septendecillion come from?: From Latin septendec(im) (“seventeen”) + -illion; compare tredecillion, quattuordecillion, etc. By surface analysis, septen- + decillion.

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