power plant

/ˈpaʊə ˌplɑːnt/

//ˈpaʊə ˌplɑːnt// noun

"power-plant" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“power plant” 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) - A station built for the production of electric power; a power station.

Corpus desk

Index EN-power-plant · power plant · English

power plant · 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.

Key facts for power plant
PropertyValue
Headwordpower plant
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈpaʊə ˌplɑːnt/
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “power plant” in English

power plantranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

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

Rare enough to double-check

power plant is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpaʊə ˌplɑːnt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for power plant in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is power plant, spelled P-O-W-E-R- -P-L-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A station built for the production of electric power; a power station.
  2. 2
    The portion of a vehicle devoted to providing energy for motion; the engine or motor.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how power plant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. All of this areas power comes from the nuclear power plant across the river.
  2. Fortuitously, Marge is looking for a job after an endless hiatus from the working world. After Lisa helps her mother “polish” up her résumé so that she now appears to be the most accomplished woman in the world, Marge lands a job at the power plant operating a machine her ridiculously padded résumé claims she helped invent.

Synonyms

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 "power plant"?
"power plant" is spelled P-O-W-E-R- -P-L-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈpaʊə ˌplɑːnt/.
What does "power plant" mean?
As a noun, "power plant" means: A station built for the production of electric power; a power station.
How do you pronounce "power plant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "power plant" is /ˈpaʊə ˌplɑːnt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list