megawatt
noun, adjective
megawatt is spelled M-E-G-A-W-A-T-T: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,680th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, megawatt means “One million (1 000 000) watts, an amount of power large enough to power such things as an entire commercial building or a small passenger aircraft.…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of megawatt is megawatts.
How many letters and syllables are in megawatt?
| Letters | 8: M-E-G-A-W-A-T-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 42,680th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is megawatt?
Megawatt appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,680th 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 megawatt?
Megawatt has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-megawatt.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with megawatt
Also written: mega-watt (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of megawatt
- megawatts plural
- mega-watt
- more megawatt comparative
- most megawatt superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does megawatt mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One million (1 000 000) watts, an amount of power large enough to power such things as an entire commercial building or a small passenger aircraft. (Consuming 1 megawatt during a duration of 1 hour consumes 1 megawatt-hour of energy.)
Holonyms: GW, gigawatt < TW, terawatt < PW, petawatt
adjective
- 1
Exceptionally powerful, intense, or enormous in impact.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Megawatt in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense one million watts:
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 megawatt come from?
From mega- + watt.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).