# waterfowl

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #33,906

## Definitions
1. Any of the birds, such as ducks, geese and swans, that spend most of their non-flying time on water; especially those of the family Anatidae.

## Etymology
From Middle English waterfoul, water-foul, equivalent to water + fowl. Compare Old English dopfugel (“waterfowl, moorhen”, literally “dipping-fowl”).

## Easily confused with
- **Watertown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waterfowl-vs-watertown)
- **waterfall** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waterfall-vs-waterfowl)
- **Waterford** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waterford-vs-waterfowl)

## Common misspellings (14)
`awterfowl`, `waetrfowl`, `watefrowl`, `waterffowl`, `waterfolw`, `waterfowll`, `waterfowwl`, `waterfwol`, `waterofwl`, `waterrfowl`, `watrefowl`, `watterfowl`, `wtaerfowl`, `wwaterfowl`

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