# cesspool

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsɛsˌpuːl/ · frequency rank #42,577

## Definitions
1. An underground pit where sewage is held.
2. A filthy place.

## Etymology
From earlier sesspool. Origin uncertain.
Perhaps from Italian cesso (“privy, toilet”) + English pool. Alternatively, an alteration of English dialectal suspool, from suss, soss (“puddle; mire”) + pool. Another possible derivation is from a folk etymology (influence from pool) from earlier cesperalle, alteration of Middle English suspiral, from Middle French souspirail (“air hole”), from soupirer, souspirer (“to sigh, breathe”), from Latin suspirare.

## Common misspellings (10)
`ccesspool`, `cespool`, `cespsool`, `cessopol`, `cesspol`, `cesspolo`, `cesspooll`, `cessppool`, `csespool`, `ecsspool`

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