seawall
noun
seawall is spelled S-E-A-W-A-L-L: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 59,387th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, seawall means “A coastal defence in the form of a wall or an embankment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of seawall is seawalls.
How many letters and syllables are in seawall?
| Letters | 7: S-E-A-W-A-L-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 59,387th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is seawall?
Seawall appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 59,387th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Words people confuse with seawall
Also written: sea wall (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of seawall
- seawalls plural
- sea wall
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does seawall mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A coastal defence in the form of a wall or an embankment.
The waves were dashing against the sea wall.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Seawall in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense coastal defence:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does seawall come from?
From Middle English se-walle, from Old English sǣweall (“seawall”), equivalent to sea + wall.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).