watersport

noun

"watersport" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“watersport” 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) - Any sport played on or in water; such as swimming or water skiing.

Corpus desk

Index EN-watersport · watersport · English

watersport · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "W" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for watersport
PropertyValue
Headwordwatersport
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “watersport” in English

watersportsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

watersport is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for watersport in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From water + sport. The correct English form is watersport, spelled W-A-T-E-R-S-P-O-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Any sport played on or in water; such as swimming or water skiing.
  2. 2
    Synonym of watersports (“sexual practice involving urine”).

Etymology

From water + sport.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "watersport"?
"watersport" is spelled W-A-T-E-R-S-P-O-R-T.
What does "watersport" mean?
As a noun, "watersport" means: Any sport played on or in water; such as swimming or water skiing.
What is the origin of the word "watersport"?
From water + sport. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list