water level
"water-level" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“water level” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The level of a body of water, especially when measured above a datum line.
Corpus desk
Index EN-water-level · water level · English
water level · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | water level |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “water level” in English
Rare enough to double-check
water level is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for water level, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is water level, spelled W-A-T-E-R- -L-E-V-E-L.
Definition
- 1The level of a body of water, especially when measured above a datum line.
- 2The level of the water table below ground.
- 3The waterline of a ship.
- 4(Relating to) an instrument to show the level by means of the surface of water in a trough, or in upright tubes connected by a pipe.
- 5Of a route that follows a riverbank or shoreline.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how water level appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
There is one feature of interest: at Rendsburg after a not too-easily graded ascent from the plain by means of an embankment, the train crosses the Kiel Canal by a double-track steel bridge 138 ft. above water-level, with, on a clear day, magnificent views over the countryside, and then loops round right, descending to canal level and, parallel with the c…
A water level indicator of the float type is provided.
This word in other languages
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.