Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tredecillion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tre-decil-lion
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

num

10⁴².

American usage

num

10⁷⁸.

Australian usage; British usage; Dated

Example Sentences

"The names of the periods above trillion are as follows [...] 15th, tredecillion [...]"
"3 quindecillion, 657 quattuordecillion, 262 tredecillion; which is to say the figures 3,657,262 followed by 42 ciphers. Operators of the key punch machines transfer a code symbol from the Census [...]."
"The answer is read as: 13 sexdecillion, 253 quindecillion, 796 quattuordecillion, 742 tredecillion, …."

Etymology

From Latin trēdec(im) (“thirteen”) + -illion. By surface analysis, tre- + decillion.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: la:trēdecim

Usage

American usage
Australian usage
British usage
Dated

Inflected Forms

tredecillions (plural)

Phrases

Previous: duodecillion. Next: quattuordecillion.

Frequently Paired Words

Previous: duodecillion. Next: quattuordecillion.

Synonyms

1042 1078

Rhymes With

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

Questions

What does tredecillion mean?: 10⁴².
Where does tredecillion come from?: From Latin trēdec(im) (“thirteen”) + -illion. By surface analysis, tre- + decillion.

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