Waterville

Name: Waterville, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“Waterville” is uncommon English (frequency #57,813 among 12,113 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,813
frequency rank, English: 12,113
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A number of places in the United States:

Key facts for Waterville
Property	Value
Headword	Waterville
Language	English
Part of speech	Proper noun
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#57,813
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Waterville” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Waterville lands here:

#57,813

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Waterville is uncommon English at frequency #57,813 among 12,113 “W” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 18 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Waterville, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: Generally from water + -ville. The correct English form is Waterville, spelled W-A-T-E-R-V-I-L-L-E.

Definition

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A village in County Kerry, Ireland.
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A housing development in Fingal, Ireland.

Etymology

Generally from water + -ville.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Waterville"?

"Waterville" is spelled W-A-T-E-R-V-I-L-L-E.

What does "Waterville" mean?

As a proper noun, "Waterville" means: A number of places in the United States:

What is the origin of the word "Waterville"?

Generally from water + -ville. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Using “Waterville”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct English spelling is W-A-T-E-R-V-I-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.