power plant
/ˈpaʊə ˌplɑːnt/
"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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | power plant |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpaʊə ˌplɑːnt/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “power plant” in English
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
- 1A station built for the production of electric power; a power station.
- 2The portion of a vehicle devoted to providing energy for motion; the engine or motor.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how power plant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
All of this areas power comes from the nuclear power plant across the river.
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.