nuclear power station

noun

"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.

Key facts for nuclear power station
PropertyValue
Headwordnuclear power station
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters21
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “nuclear power station” sits in English frequency

nuclear power station falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    A power station that obtains its primary energy from the heat generated in nuclear reactions.

Synonyms

nuclear power plant

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nuclear power station"?
"nuclear power station" is spelled N-U-C-L-E-A-R- -P-O-W-E-R- -S-T-A-T-I-O-N.
What does "nuclear power station" mean?
As a noun, "nuclear power station" means: A power station that obtains its primary energy from the heat generated in nuclear reactions.
What language does "nuclear power station" come from?
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Using “nuclear power station”

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

  • 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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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list