gas station

/ˈɡæs stɛɪːʃən/

//ˈɡæs stɛɪːʃən// noun

"gas-station" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“gas station” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An establishment which sells gasoline (petrol) and often also diesel.

Corpus desk

Index EN-gas-station · gas station · English

gas station · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "G" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for gas station
PropertyValue
Headwordgas station
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈɡæs stɛɪːʃən/
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “gas station” in English

gas stationsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gas station is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɡæs stɛɪːʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An establishment which sells gasoline (petrol) and often also diesel.".

gas station has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is gas station, spelled G-A-S- -S-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    An establishment which sells gasoline (petrol) and often also diesel.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gas station"?
"gas station" is spelled G-A-S- -S-T-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɡæs stɛɪːʃən/.
What does "gas station" mean?
As a noun, "gas station" means: An establishment which sells gasoline (petrol) and often also diesel.
How do you pronounce "gas station"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gas station" is /ˈɡæs stɛɪːʃən/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gas station" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list