# watery

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈwɔːtəɹi/ · frequency rank #22,859

## Definitions
1. Resembling or characteristic of water.
2. Wet, soggy or soaked with water.
3. Diluted or having too much water.
4. Thin and pale therefore suggestive of water.
5. Weak and insipid.
6. Discharging water or similar substance as a result of disease etc.
7. Tearful.
8. Containing many bodies of water.

## Etymology
From Middle English watery, wattry, from Old English wæteriġ (“watery”), from Proto-West Germanic *watarīg. Equivalent to water + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **waver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/watery-vs-waver)
- **winery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/watery-vs-winery)
- **Waverly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/watery-vs-waverly)
- **Watters** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/watery-vs-watters)
- **wary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wary-vs-watery)
- **Water** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/water-vs-watery)
- **wager** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wager-vs-watery)
- **wafer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wafer-vs-watery)
- **waters** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waters-vs-watery)
- **Walter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walter-vs-watery)
- **waiter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waiter-vs-watery)
- **wafers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wafers-vs-watery)
- **wagers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wagers-vs-watery)
- **Walters** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walters-vs-watery)
- **watered** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/watered-vs-watery)
- **waterway** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waterway-vs-watery)

## Common misspellings (9)
`awtery`, `waetry`, `waterry`, `wateryy`, `wateyr`, `watrey`, `wattery`, `wtaery`, `wwatery`

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