kilowatt

Name: kilowatt, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“kilowatt” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #37,056. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,056
frequency rank, English: 9,255
“K” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - One thousand (10³) watts, an amount of power large enough to power such things as a typical home appliance (e.g., a microwave oven, a toaster, or a hair dryer). (Consuming 1 kilowatt during a durat...

Key facts for kilowatt
Property	Value
Headword	kilowatt
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#37,056
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “kilowatt” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). kilowatt lands here:

#37,056

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around kilowatt, anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,056 among 9,255 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for kilowatt, with forms such as "iklowatt", "killowatt", and "kiloawtt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From kilo- + watt. The correct English form is kilowatt, spelled K-I-L-O-W-A-T-T.

Definition

1
One thousand (10³) watts, an amount of power large enough to power such things as a typical home appliance (e.g., a microwave oven, a toaster, or a hair dryer). (Consuming 1 kilowatt during a duration of 1 hour consumes 1 kilowatt-hour of energy.)
2
Catachresis for kilowatt-hour.

Etymology

From kilo- + watt.

This word in other languages

kilovatio(Español)kilowatt(Français)Kilowatt(Deutsch)quilovate(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: iklowatt,killowatt,kiloawtt,kilowat,kilowtat,kilowwatt,kilwoatt,kiolwatt,kkilowatt,kliowatt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of kilowatt - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "kilowatt"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "kilowatt"?

"kilowatt" is spelled K-I-L-O-W-A-T-T.

What does "kilowatt" mean?

As a noun, "kilowatt" means: One thousand (10³) watts, an amount of power large enough to power such things as a typical home appliance (e.g., a microwave oven, a toaster, or a hair dryer). (Consuming 1 kilowatt during a durat...

What are common misspellings of "kilowatt"?

Common misspellings include "iklowatt", "killowatt", "kiloawtt", "kilowat", "kilowtat". The correct spelling is "kilowatt".

What is the origin of the word "kilowatt"?

From kilo- + watt. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Using “kilowatt”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct English spelling is K-I-L-O-W-A-T-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.