# wetland

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #24,356

## Definitions
1. Land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas.

## Etymology
From wet + land. Cognate with West Frisian wetlân.

## Easily confused with
- **wetlands** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wetland-vs-wetlands)
- **Wayland** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wayland-vs-wetland)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ewtland`, `weltand`, `wetalnd`, `wetladn`, `wetlandd`, `wetlannd`, `wetlland`, `wetlnad`, `wettland`, `wteland`, `wwetland`

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