mégawatt
\me.ɡa.wat\
The verdict
“mégawatt” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unité de mesure de puissance du Système international (SI), valant 10⁶ watts, et dont le symbole est MW.
Corpus desk
Index FR-megawatt · mégawatt · French
mégawatt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | mégawatt |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \me.ɡa.wat\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
mégawatt is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \me.ɡa.wat\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unité de mesure de puissance du Système international (SI), valant 10⁶ watts, et dont le symbole est MW.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mégawatt, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is mégawatt, spelled M-É-G-A-W-A-T-T.
Definition
- 1Unité de mesure de puissance du Système international (SI), valant 10⁶ watts, et dont le symbole est MW.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mégawatt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La centrale Manic 1 a une puissance de 184 mégawatts.
La Cour des comptes a évalué le coût de sa construction à 836 000 euros le mégawatt en 2010, soit 942 000 euros en valeur 2021.
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.