# southwestern

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #12,329

## Definitions
1. Of or pertaining to the southwest.

## Etymology
From Middle English southwesterne, from Old English sūþwesterne, equivalent to south + western.

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

## Common misspellings (19)
`osuthwestern`, `sotuhwestern`, `souhtwestern`, `southewstern`, `southhwestern`, `southwesetrn`, `southwesstern`, `southwestenr`, `southwesternn`, `southwesterrn`, `southwestren`, `southwesttern`, `southwetsern`, `southwsetern`, `southwwestern`, `soutthwestern`, `soutwhestern`, `ssouthwestern`, `suothwestern`

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