kilowatt

noun

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"kilowatt" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

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
1,236
“K” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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...

Corpus desk

Index EN-kilowatt · kilowatt · English

kilowatt · rank #37,056 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,056
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,236
  • PHOTO-FINISH kata

Nearest frequency peer: kata (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “kilowatt”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “kilowatt” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for kilowatt
PropertyValue
Headwordkilowatt
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#37,056
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “kilowatt”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).kilowattlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “kata” (#37,055), “knelt” (#37,057), “Kannada” (#37,054). Among 1,236 “K” headwords, “kilowatt” is #37,056. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around kilowatt, anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,056 among 1,236 “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. 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. 2
    Catachresis for kilowatt-hour.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how kilowatt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Holonyms: MW, megawatt < GW, gigawatt < TW, terawatt < PW, petawatt
  2. Meronyms: mW, milliwatt < W, watt

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.

iklowatt2killowatt1kiloawtt2kilowat1kilowtat2kilowwatt1kilwoatt2kiolwatt2
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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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "kilowatt", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list