powerline
"powerline" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“powerline” is uncommon English (frequency #63,151 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,151
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of power line.
Corpus desk
Index EN-powerline · powerline · English
powerline · rank #63,151 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,151
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH Pottsville
Nearest frequency peer: Pottsville (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “powerline”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- poignancy
poignancy
36,854 corpus weight
- Pollux
Pollux
36,852 corpus weight
- Pottsville
Pottsville
36,851 corpus weight
- powerline
powerline
36,850 corpus weight
- praetorian
praetorian
36,849 corpus weight
- pranked
pranked
36,848 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “powerline” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | powerline |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #63,151 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “powerline” in English
Rare enough to double-check
powerline is uncommon English at frequency #63,151 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of power line.".
powerline doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is powerline, spelled P-O-W-E-R-L-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of power line.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how powerline appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Assemblymember Bill Quirk (D-Hayward) has introduced a bill to address power outages caused by metallic film balloons when they come into contact with powerlines.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).