# saltwater

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #27,629

## Definitions
1. Alternative form of salt water.

## Etymology
From Middle English saltwater, salte water, equivalent to salt + water. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Soaltwoater (“saltwater”),
West Frisian sâltwetter (“saltwater”), Dutch zoutwater (“saltwater”), German Low German Soltwater (“saltwater”), German Salzwasser (“saltwater”), Danish saltvand (“saltwater”), Swedish saltvatten (“saltwater”), Icelandic saltvatn (“saltwater”).

## Common misspellings (14)
`asltwater`, `salltwater`, `saltawter`, `salttwater`, `saltwaetr`, `saltwaterr`, `saltwatre`, `saltwatter`, `saltwtaer`, `saltwwater`, `salwtater`, `satlwater`, `slatwater`, `ssaltwater`

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