# seepage

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #55,090

## Definitions
1. The process by which something, especially a liquid, leaks through a porous substance; the process of seeping. (Also used figuratively: the process of diffusing.)
2. Water that has seeped or oozed through a porous soil.

## Etymology
From seep + -age.

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