wetter than an otter's pocket
"wetter-than-an-otter-s-pocket" is a 24-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“wetter than an otter's pocket” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 29
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Completely wet, drenched, soaked.
Corpus desk
Index EN-wetter-than-an-otter-s-p · wetter than an otter's pocket · English
wetter than an otter's pocket · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 29 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wetter than an otter's pocket |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 29 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “wetter than an otter's pocket” in English
Rare enough to double-check
wetter than an otter's pocket is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Completely wet, drenched, soaked.".
Zero misspellings are on record for wetter than an otter's pocket in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is wetter than an otter's pocket, spelled W-E-T-T-E-R- -T-H-A-N- -A-N- -O-T-T-E-R-'-S- -P-O-C-K-E-T.
Definition
- 1Completely wet, drenched, soaked.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how wetter than an otter's pocket appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
One night we were heading off for a team dinner and somehow Jeff fell into a fountain. […] He was saturated except for two vital things: his pack of cigarettes in one hand and the team's supply of Cabcharge vouchers in the other. It was hilarious—he was as wet as an otter's pocket but somehow managed to keep his smokes and the vouchers dry.
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.