water polo
/ˈwɔːtə(ɹ)ˈpəʊləʊ/
"water-polo" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“water polo” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A water sport consisting of two teams of swimmers who have to throw the ball into the opponent's goal.
Corpus desk
Index EN-water-polo · water polo · English
water polo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 polo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈwɔːtə(ɹ)ˈpəʊləʊ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “water polo” in English
Rare enough to double-check
water polo is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈwɔːtə(ɹ)ˈpəʊləʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A water sport consisting of two teams of swimmers who have to throw the ball into the opponent's goal.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for water polo, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is water polo, spelled W-A-T-E-R- -P-O-L-O.
Definition
- 1A water sport consisting of two teams of swimmers who have to throw the ball into the opponent's goal.
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.