Edgewater

name

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"edgewater" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Edgewater” is uncommon English (frequency #51,081 among 18,836 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,081
frequency rank, English
18,836
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A suburb of Perth in the City of Joondalup, Western Australia.

Key facts for Edgewater
PropertyValue
HeadwordEdgewater
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#51,081
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Edgewater” sits in English frequency

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Edgewater is uncommon English at frequency #51,081 among 18,836 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Edgewater, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From edge + water. The correct English form is Edgewater, spelled E-D-G-E-W-A-T-E-R.

Definition

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    A suburb of Perth in the City of Joondalup, Western Australia.
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Etymology

From edge + water.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Edgewater"?
"Edgewater" is spelled E-D-G-E-W-A-T-E-R.
What does "Edgewater" mean?
As a proper noun, "Edgewater" means: A suburb of Perth in the City of Joondalup, Western Australia.
What is the origin of the word "Edgewater"?
From edge + water. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “Edgewater”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is E-D-G-E-W-A-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list