supertanker
"supertanker" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“supertanker” 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) - An extremely large tanker ship.
Corpus desk
Index EN-supertanker · supertanker · English
supertanker · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | supertanker |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “supertanker” in English
Rare enough to double-check
supertanker is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An extremely large tanker ship.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for supertanker, 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.
Etymologically, the entry records: From super- + tanker. The correct English form is supertanker, spelled S-U-P-E-R-T-A-N-K-E-R.
Definition
- 1An extremely large tanker ship.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how supertanker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But the task is like trying to turn a super tanker round 180 degrees - it can't be done quickly.
Etymology
From super- + tanker.
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.