# blackwater

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #28,134

## Definitions
1. Water, especially in a river or other body of water, that has a naturally dark appearance.
2. Water, especially in a river or other body of water, that has a naturally dark appearance.
3. Blackwater fever; malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum.
4. Waste from domestic toilets; water containing fecal matter.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
English black
Proto-Indo-European *wed-
Proto-Indo-European *-r̥
Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥
Proto-Germanic *watōr
Proto-West Germanic *watar
Old English wæter
Middle English water
English water
English blackwater
From black + water.

## Easily confused with
- **backwater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/backwater-vs-blackwater)

## Common misspellings (16)
`balckwater`, `bblackwater`, `blacckwater`, `blackawter`, `blackkwater`, `blackwaetr`, `blackwaterr`, `blackwatre`, `blackwatter`, `blackwtaer`, `blackwwater`, `blacwkater`, `blakcwater`, `blcakwater`, `bllackwater`, `lbackwater`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/blackwater