kiloton
/ˈkɪləˌtʌn/noun
kiloton is spelled K-I-L-O-T-O-N: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 97,057th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, kiloton means “A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many thousand tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy. (A derived…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of kiloton is kilotons.
How many letters and syllables are in kiloton?
| Letters | 7: K-I-L-O-T-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 97,057th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is kiloton?
Kiloton appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 97,057th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce kiloton?
- US /ˈkɪləˌtʌn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-kiloton.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of kiloton
- kilotons plural
- kilotonne
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does kiloton mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many thousand tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy. (A derived unit for TNT equivalent.)
Holonyms: megaton < gigaton < teraton < petaton < exaton (rare) < zettaton (rare) < yottaton (rare)
- 2
One thousand short tons (10³ × 2000 lb).
- 3
One thousand long tons (10³ × 2240 lb).
- 4
One thousand metric tons (10³ × 2204.6 lb).
Holonyms: megaton < gigaton
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Kiloton in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense unit of measure:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | kilotonne |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does kiloton come from?
From kilo- + ton.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).