nuclear power station
"nuclear-power-station" is a 19-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“nuclear power station” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A power station that obtains its primary energy from the heat generated in nuclear reactions.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nuclear power station |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nuclear power station” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nuclear power station is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A power station that obtains its primary energy from the heat generated in nuclear reactions.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for nuclear power station, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is nuclear power station, spelled N-U-C-L-E-A-R- -P-O-W-E-R- -S-T-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1A power station that obtains its primary energy from the heat generated in nuclear reactions.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- The one correct English spelling is N-U-C-L-E-A-R- -P-O-W-E-R- -S-T-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.