power vacuum
"power-vacuum" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“power vacuum” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A lack of centralised political authority, especially following a conflict, revolution, change of power, etc.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | power vacuum |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “power vacuum” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
power vacuum is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A lack of centralised political authority, especially following a conflict, revolution, change of power, etc.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for power vacuum in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is power vacuum, spelled P-O-W-E-R- -V-A-C-U-U-M.
Definition
- 1A lack of centralised political authority, especially following a conflict, revolution, change of power, etc.
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.
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Using “power vacuum”
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- The one correct English spelling is P-O-W-E-R- -V-A-C-U-U-M - 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.