Greek-based

name
(proposed)
gillion
tetrillion
pentillion
hexillion
heptillion
oktillion

n=

103n =

American
name

European
name

SI prefix

3
4
5
6
7
8

109
1012
1015
1018
1021
1024

billion
trillion
quadrillion
quintillion
sextillion
septillion

milliard
billion
billiard
trillion
trilliard
quadrillion

gigaterapetaexazettayotta-

1027

octillion

quadrilliard

ennillion

10

1030

nonillion

quintillion

dekillion

11

1033

decillion

quintilliard

hendekillion

12

1036

undecillion

sextillion

dodekillion

13

1039

duodecillion

sextilliard

trisdekillion

14

1042

tredecillion

septillion

tetradekillion

15

1045

quattuordecillion

septilliard

pentadekillion

16

1048

quindecillion

octillion

hexadekillion

17

1051

sexdecillion

octilliard

heptadekillion

18

1054

septendecillion

nonillion

oktadekillion

19

1057

octodecillion

nonilliard

enneadekillion

20

1060

novemdecillion

decillion

icosillion

21

1063

vigintillion

decilliard

icosihenillion

22

1066

unvigintillion

undecillion

icosidillion

23

1069

duovigintillion

undecilliard

icositrillion

24

1072

trevigintillion

duodecillion

icositetrillion

25

1075

quattuorvigintillio
n

duodecilliard

icosipentillion

26

1078

quinvigintillion

tredecillion

icosihexillion

27

1081

sexvigintillion

tredecilliard

icosiheptillion

28

1084

septenvigintillion

quattuordecillion

icosioktillion

29

1087

octovigintillion

quattuordecilliard

icosiennillion

30

1090

novemvigintillion

quindecillion

triacontillion

31

1093

trigintillion

quindecilliard

triacontahenillion

32

1096

untrigintillion

sexdecillion

triacontadillion

33

1099

duotrigintillion

sexdecilliard

triacontatrillion

This process can be continued indefinitely, but one has to stop somewhere. The name centillion (n = 100) has
appeared in many dictionaries. A centillion is 10303 (1 followed by 303 zeroes) in the American system and a
whopping 10600 (1 followed by 600 zeroes) in the European system.

Finally, there is the googol, the number 10100 (1 followed by 100 zeroes). Invented more for fun than for use, the
googol lies outside the regular naming systems. The googol equals 10 duotrigintillion in the American system,
10 sexdecilliard in the European system, and 10 triacontatrillion in the proposed Greek-based system.
The googolplex (1 followed by a googol of zeroes) is far larger than any of the numbers discussed here.
Short scale
Value
100
101
102
103
106
109
1012
1015
1018
1021
1024
1027
1030
1033
1036
1039
1042
1045
1048
1051
1054
1057
1060
1063
1066
1069
1072
1075
1078
...
1093
...
10120
10123
...
10153
...

American

Billion
Trillion
Quadrillion
Quintillion
Sextillion
Septillion
Octillion
Nonillion
Decillion
Undecillion
Duodecillion
Tredecillion
Quattuordecillion
Quindecillion
Sexdecillion
Septendecillion
Octodecillion
Novemdecillion
Vigintillion
Unvigintillion
Duovigintillion
Trevigintillion
Quattuorvigintillion
Quinvigintillion
...
Trigintillion
...
Novemtrigintillion
Quadragintillion
...
Quinquagintillion
...

Long scale
Continental European
British
(Jacques Peletier du
(Nicolas Chuquet)
Mans)
One
Ten
Hundred
Thousand
Million
Thousand million
Milliard
Billion
Thousand billion
Billiard
Trillion
Thousand trillion
Trilliard
Quadrillion
Thousand quadrillion
Quadrilliard
Quintillion
Thousand quintillion
Quintilliard
Sextillion
Thousand sextillion
Sextilliard
Septillion
Thousand septillion
Septilliard
Octillion
Thousand octillion
Octilliard
Nonillion
Thousand nonillion
Nonilliard
Decillion
Thousand decillion
Decilliard
Undecillion
Thousand undecillion
Undecilliard
Duodecillion
Thousand duodecillion
Duodecilliard
Tredecillion
...
Thousand quindecillion Quindecilliard
...
Vigintillion
Thousand vigintillion
Vigintilliard
...
Thousand quinvigintillion Quinvigintilliard
...

Power
of a
of a million
thousand
10001+1

10000000

10000+1
10001+1
10002+1
10003+1
10004+1
10005+1
10006+1
10007+1
10008+1
10009+1
100010+1
100011+1
100012+1
100013+1
100014+1
100015+1
100016+1
100017+1
100018+1
100019+1
100020+1
100021+1
100022+1
100023+1
100024+1
100025+1
...
100030+1
...
100039+1
100040+1
...
100050+1
...

10000000.5
10000001
10000001.5
10000002
10000002.5
10000003
10000003.5
10000004
10000004.5
10000005
10000005.5
10000006
10000006.5
10000007
10000007.5
10000008
10000008.5
10000009
10000009.5
100000010
100000010.5
100000011
100000011.5
100000012
100000012.5
100000013
...
100000015.5
...
100000020
100000020.5
...
100000025.5
...

10180
10183
...
10213
...
10240
10243
...
10273
...
10300
10303
...
10360
10420
10480
10540
10600
10603

Novemquinquagintillion
Trigintillion
Sexagintillion
Thousand trigintillion
Trigintilliard
...
...
Septuagintillion
Thousand quintrigintillion Quintrigintilliard
...
...
Novemseptuagintillion
Quadragintillion
Octogintillion
Thousand quadragintillion Quadragintilliard
...
...
Thousand
Nonagintillion
Quinquadragintilliard
quinquadragintillion
...
...
Novemnonagintillion
Quinquagintillion
Thousand
Centillion
Quinquagintilliard
quinquagintillion
...
Sexagintillion
Septuagintillion
Octogintillion
Nonagintillion
Centillion
Ducentillion
Thousand centillion
Centilliard

100059+1
100060+1
...
100070+1
...
100079+1
100080+1
...

100000030
100000030.5
...
100000035.5
...
100000040
100000040.5
...

100090+1

100000045.5

...
100099+1

...
100000050

1000100+1

100000050.5

...
1000119+1
1000139+1
1000159+1
1000179+1
1000199+1
1000200+1

...
100000060
100000070
100000080
100000090
1000000100
1000000100.5

Myriad system

Proposed by Donald E. Knuth:

Value
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
1012
1016
1024
1032
1064
10128
10256
10512
101024
102048

Name
Notation
One
1
Ten
10
Hundred
100
Ten hundred 1000
Myriad
1,0000
Ten myriad 10,0000
Hundred myriad 100,0000
Ten hundred
1000,0000
myriad
Myllion
1;0000,0000
Myriad myllion 1,0000;0000,0000
Byllion
1:0000,0000;0000,0000
Myllion byllion 1;0000,0000:0000,0000;0000,0000
Tryllion
1'0000,0000;0000,0000:0000,0000;0000,0000
1'0000,0000;0000,0000:0000,0000;0000,0000'0000,0000;0000,0000:0000,0000;00
Quadryllion
00,0000
Quintyllion
Sextyllion
Septyllion
Octyllion
Nonyllion

104096
108192
1016,384
1032,768
1065,536
10131,072
10262,144
10524,288
101,048,576
102,097,152

Decyllion
Undecyllion
Duodecyllion
Tredecyllion
Quattuordecyllio
n
Quindecyllion
Sexdecyllion
Septendecyllion
Octodecyllion
Novemdecyllion
Vigintyllion
Trigintyllion
Quadragintyllion
Quinquagintyllio
n
Sexagintyllion
Septuagintyllion
Octogintyllion
Nonagintyllion
Centyllion
Millyllion
Myryllion