kilowatt-heure
\ki.lɔ.wa.tœʁ\
The verdict
“kilowatt-heure” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unité correspondant à l’énergie consommée par un appareil d’une puissance d’un kilowatt fonctionnant pendant une heure, de symbole kWh.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kilowatt-heure · kilowatt-heure · French
kilowatt-heure · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | kilowatt-heure |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ki.lɔ.wa.tœʁ\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
kilowatt-heure is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ki.lɔ.wa.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unité correspondant à l’énergie consommée par un appareil d’une puissance d’un kilowatt fonctionnant pendant une heure, de symbole kWh.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for kilowatt-heure in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is kilowatt-heure, spelled K-I-L-O-W-A-T-T---H-E-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Unité correspondant à l’énergie consommée par un appareil d’une puissance d’un kilowatt fonctionnant pendant une heure, de symbole kWh.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how kilowatt-heure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le kilowatt-heure vaut 3,6 megajoules.
This word in other languages
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