# kilowatt

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #37,056

## Definitions
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.

## Common misspellings (10)
`iklowatt`, `killowatt`, `kiloawtt`, `kilowat`, `kilowtat`, `kilowwatt`, `kilwoatt`, `kiolwatt`, `kkilowatt`, `kliowatt`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/kilowatt