kWh

abbrev

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,958

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

kWh is anGermanabbrev. It means: Einheitssymbol für Kilowattstunde (Maßeinheit für Arbeit und Energie) Often confused with KZ and K.

Key facts for kWh
PropertyValue
HeadwordkWh
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbrev
Letters3
Frequency rank#12,958
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of kWh in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for kWh is 3 letters long, classified as anabbrev. Corpus data places it at rank #12,958 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Einheitssymbol für Kilowattstunde (Maßeinheit für Arbeit und Energie)".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for kWh in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "KZ", "K", "km", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is kWh, spelled K-W-H, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Einheitssymbol für Kilowattstunde (Maßeinheit für Arbeit und Energie)

Frequency rank: #12,958 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "kWh"?
"kWh" is spelled K-W-H.
What does "kWh" mean?
As an abbrev, "kWh" means: Einheitssymbol für Kilowattstunde (Maßeinheit für Arbeit und Energie)
What words are commonly confused with "kWh"?
"kWh" is commonly confused with "KZ", "K", "km". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "kWh" come from?
"kWh" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter K in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.