# seawater

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #24,893

## Definitions
1. The saltwater of a sea or ocean.

## Etymology
From Middle English seewater, se water, from Old English sǣwæter (“seawater”), equivalent to sea + water. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Seewoater (“seawater”), West Frisian seewetter (“seawater”), Dutch zeewater (“seawater”), Icelandic sjóvatn (“seawater”).

## Easily confused with
- **seater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seater-vs-seawater)

## Common misspellings (11)
`esawater`, `saewater`, `seaawter`, `seawaetr`, `seawaterr`, `seawatre`, `seawatter`, `seawtaer`, `seawwater`, `sewaater`, `sseawater`

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