waters

//ˈwɔː.təz// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#25,097

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

waters is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de water. Pronounced /ˈwɔː.təz/. Often confused with wars and water.

Key facts for waters
PropertyValue
Headwordwaters
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈwɔː.təz/
Letters6
Frequency rank#25,097
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of waters in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for waters is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈwɔː.təz/. Corpus data places it at rank #25,097 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de water.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for waters, with forms such as "awters", "waetrs", and "waterrs". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "wars", "water", "Wales", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is waters, spelled W-A-T-E-R-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de water.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: awters,waetrs,waterrs,waterss,watesr,watres,watters,wtaers,wwaters

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for waters

Misspelling Variants of "waters"

awters6waetrs6waterrs7waterss7watesr6watres6watters7wtaers6
Misspelling Variants of "waters"

Frequency rank: #25,097 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "waters"?
"waters" is spelled W-A-T-E-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈwɔː.təz/.
What does "waters" mean?
As a noun, "waters" means: Forma del plural de water.
What words are commonly confused with "waters"?
"waters" is commonly confused with "wars", "water", "Wales". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "waters"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "waters" is /ˈwɔː.təz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "waters" come from?
"waters" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.