dewatering
"dewatering" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“dewatering” is uncommon English (frequency #75,798 among 3,470 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,798
- frequency rank, English
- 3,470
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of various techniques for the removal of water, either from a solid or from a structure.
Corpus desk
Index EN-dewatering · dewatering · English
dewatering · rank #75,798 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,798
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,470
- PHOTO-FINISH diarist
Nearest frequency peer: diarist (+2 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “dewatering”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- decentralize
decentralize
24,210 corpus weight
- Decima
Decima
24,209 corpus weight
- dewatering
dewatering
24,203 corpus weight
- diarist
diarist
24,201 corpus weight
- digitisation
digitisation
24,200 corpus weight
- digne
digne
24,199 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “dewatering” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dewatering |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #75,798 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “dewatering” in English
Rare enough to double-check
dewatering is uncommon English at frequency #75,798 among 3,470 “D” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for dewatering in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is dewatering, spelled D-E-W-A-T-E-R-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Any of various techniques for the removal of water, either from a solid or from a structure.
- 2An instance of the removal of water, typically from a structure.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dewatering appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
As this went on, some of the pumps were activated, and the dewatering of the ship began. Apart from anything else, it was thought this might raise Nevada somewhat, reducing the workload for the clearance crews who were trying to get enough room for the big patch to fit underneath the ship.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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