supertanker

noun

"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

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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 supertanker
PropertyValue
Headwordsupertanker
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “supertanker” in English

supertankerranks 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

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

  1. 1
    An extremely large tanker ship.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "supertanker"?
"supertanker" is spelled S-U-P-E-R-T-A-N-K-E-R.
What does "supertanker" mean?
As a noun, "supertanker" means: An extremely large tanker ship.
What is the origin of the word "supertanker"?
From super- + tanker. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list