waterbed
"waterbed" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“waterbed” is uncommon English (frequency #98,880 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,880
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A bed with a tough plastic mattress filled with water.
Corpus desk
Index EN-waterbed · waterbed · English
waterbed · rank #98,880 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,880
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH WebApp
Nearest frequency peer: WebApp (+1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “waterbed”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- walkaway
walkaway
1,125 corpus weight
- Warrensburg
Warrensburg
1,123 corpus weight
- waterbed
waterbed
1,121 corpus weight
- WebApp
WebApp
1,120 corpus weight
- Westville
Westville
1,117 corpus weight
- Wexner
Wexner
1,115 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “waterbed” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | waterbed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #98,880 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “waterbed” in English
Rare enough to double-check
waterbed is uncommon English at frequency #98,880 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A bed with a tough plastic mattress filled with water.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for waterbed, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From water + bed. The correct English form is waterbed, spelled W-A-T-E-R-B-E-D.
Definition
- 1A bed with a tough plastic mattress filled with water.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how waterbed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
When I ask to sleep over at my friends’ houses, I am told I am not allowed. Boys are not allowed. My friend Caitie’s mother argues about this on the phone with my mother. I realize my mother is not on my side. Later, my mother tells me Caitie’s mother is divorced, has a tattoo, and sleeps on a waterbed, the relevance of which doesn’t seem clear. I think C…
Etymology
From water + bed.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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