groundwater
"groundwater" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“groundwater” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #16,246. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,246
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Water that exists beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers.
Corpus desk
Index EN-groundwater · groundwater · English
groundwater · rank #16,246 · 17 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,246
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH gran
Nearest frequency peer: gran (-1 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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “groundwater”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- godfather
godfather
83,758 corpus weight
- gould
gould
83,757 corpus weight
- gran
gran
83,756 corpus weight
- groundwater
groundwater
83,755 corpus weight
- Heidi
Heidi
83,754 corpus weight
- hostilities
hostilities
83,752 corpus weight
What this shows “groundwater” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | groundwater |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #16,246 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “groundwater”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around groundwater, anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,246 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Water that exists beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for groundwater, with forms such as "ggroundwater", "gorundwater", and "gronudwater". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From ground + water. The correct English form is groundwater, spelled G-R-O-U-N-D-W-A-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Water that exists beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how groundwater appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The pH in water of the hillside soils varied between 3.1 and 6.1 with a mean of 4.2. The pattern of pH variation is complex and does not clearly relate either to cultivation or occupation. The most consistent, though weak, correlation appears to be between higher pH and flushes or bogs, which indicates that the local groundwaters are comparatively basic.
Research has shown bone apatite to undergo chemical exchange with carbonates in either vadose water or groundwater.
Etymology
From ground + water.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ggroundwater
- gorundwater
- gronudwater
- groudnwater
- groundawter
- grounddwater
- groundwaetr
- groundwaterr
- groundwatre
- groundwatter
- groundwtaer
- groundwwater
- grounndwater
- grounwdater
- grroundwater
- gruondwater
- rgoundwater
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of groundwater - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).