# woodward

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #15,086

## Definitions
1. A warden of a wood.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English wodeward, from Old English wuduweard; equivalent to wood + ward.

## Easily confused with
- **woodwork** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woodward-vs-woodwork)
- **woodland** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woodland-vs-woodward)
- **Woodford** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woodford-vs-woodward)
- **windward** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/windward-vs-woodward)

## Common misspellings (12)
`owodward`, `wodoward`, `wodward`, `woodawrd`, `wooddward`, `woodwadr`, `woodwardd`, `woodwarrd`, `woodwrad`, `woodwward`, `woowdard`, `wwoodward`

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