powder snow
"powder-snow" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“powder snow” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Freshly fallen, uncompacted snow, especially in the context of Alpine skiing
Corpus desk
Index EN-powder-snow · powder snow · English
powder snow · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | powder snow |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “powder snow” in English
Rare enough to double-check
powder snow is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Freshly fallen, uncompacted snow, especially in the context of Alpine skiing".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for powder snow, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is powder snow, spelled P-O-W-D-E-R- -S-N-O-W.
Definition
- 1Freshly fallen, uncompacted snow, especially in the context of Alpine skiing
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how powder snow appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Expert skiers love skiing on powder snow.
This word in other languages
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.