water fountain

noun

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"water-fountain" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“water fountain” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A mechanical device designed to dispense small quantities of drinking water, usually in a public place such as a school or office.

Key facts for water fountain
PropertyValue
Headwordwater fountain
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “water fountain” sits in English frequency

water fountain falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

water fountain is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for water fountain, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is water fountain, spelled W-A-T-E-R- -F-O-U-N-T-A-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    A mechanical device designed to dispense small quantities of drinking water, usually in a public place such as a school or office.
  2. 2
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see water, fountain.

Synonyms

drinking fountainbubbler

This word in other languages

fuente(Español)fontaine à eau(Français)Trinkbrunnen(Deutsch)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "water fountain"?
"water fountain" is spelled W-A-T-E-R- -F-O-U-N-T-A-I-N.
What does "water fountain" mean?
As a noun, "water fountain" means: A mechanical device designed to dispense small quantities of drinking water, usually in a public place such as a school or office.
What language does "water fountain" come from?
"water fountain" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “water fountain”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is W-A-T-E-R- -F-O-U-N-T-A-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list