# watertight

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈwɔː.tə.taɪt/ · frequency rank #37,765

## Definitions
1. So tightly made that water cannot enter or escape.
2. So devised or planned as to be impossible to defeat, evade or nullify.

## Etymology
From water + tight. Compare Scots wattirticht (“watertight”), West Frisian wetterticht (“waterproof”), Dutch waterdicht (“waterproof, watertight”), German wasserdicht (“watertight, waterproof”), Danish vandtæt (“watertight”), Swedish vattentät (“watertight, waterproof”).

## Common misspellings (16)
`awtertight`, `waetrtight`, `wateritght`, `waterrtight`, `watertgiht`, `watertigght`, `watertighht`, `watertightt`, `watertigth`, `watertihgt`, `waterttight`, `watetright`, `watretight`, `wattertight`, `wtaertight`, `wwatertight`

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