# Watergate

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈwɑtəɹˌɡeɪt/ · frequency rank #21,414

## Definitions
1. An American political scandal (beginning with a burglary in the Watergate Hotel in Washington, DC, in 1972) that eventually led to the resignation of US President Richard Nixon.

## Etymology
From the name of the Watergate Hotel; the complex itself was named after the "Water Gate" area where symphony orchestra concerts were staged on the Potomac River between 1935 and 1965.

## Common misspellings (13)
`awtergate`, `waetrgate`, `wategrate`, `wateragte`, `watergaet`, `watergatte`, `waterggate`, `watergtae`, `waterrgate`, `watregate`, `wattergate`, `wtaergate`, `wwatergate`

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