three-phase
"three-phase" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“three-phase” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Using three separate alternating currents of the same voltage at different phases.
Corpus desk
Index EN-three-phase · three-phase · English
three-phase · 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 "T" 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 | three-phase |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “three-phase” in English
Rare enough to double-check
three-phase is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Using three separate alternating currents of the same voltage at different phases.".
three-phase doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 three-phase, spelled T-H-R-E-E---P-H-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1Using three separate alternating currents of the same voltage at different phases.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how three-phase appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
By the end of the year all new electrification projects were virtually complete and conversion of the remaining three-phase 3,700V a.c. sections to 3,000V d.c. was well in hand.
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.