Waterloo

\wa.tɛʁ.lo\

/\wa.tɛʁ.lo\/ name

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The verdict

“Waterloo” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,189. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,189
frequency rank, French
549
“W” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune et ville de la province du Brabant wallon de la région wallonne de Belgique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-waterloo · Waterloo · French

Waterloo · rank #19,189 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,189
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 549
  • PHOTO-FINISH vélodrome

Nearest frequency peer: vélodrome (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Waterloo »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Waterloo » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Waterloo
PropertyValue
HeadwordWaterloo
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\wa.tɛʁ.lo\
Letters8
Frequency rank#19,189
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Waterloo »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Waterloose place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « vélodrome » (#19,188), « Winnipeg » (#19,190), « volaille » (#19,187). Parmi 549 lemmes en « W », « Waterloo » est au #19,189. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Waterloo (IPA \wa.tɛʁ.lo\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #19,189 among 549 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Waterloo, with forms such as "awterloo", "waetrloo", and "watelroo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Waterloo, spelled W-A-T-E-R-L-O-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune et ville de la province du Brabant wallon de la région wallonne de Belgique.
  2. 2
    Bataille qui s’y déroula, entre les armées napoléoniennes et une coalition de pays européens, le 18 juin 1815.
  3. 3
    Défaite cuisante et définitive.
  4. 4
    Ville canadienne du Québec située dans la MRC de La Haute-Yamaska.
  5. 5
    Gare ferroviaire et station du métro de Londres.
  6. 6
    Hameau du Pays de Galles situé dans l’autorité unitaire de Caerphilly.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Waterloo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Pour notre testing de quatre sauces bolognaises industrielles en bocal, nous nous sommes rendus dans un restaurant italien réputé de Waterloo, le Felicità.
  2. Après Waterloo il rentra en France.

This word in other languages

Waterloo(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • awterloo
  • waetrloo
  • watelroo
  • waterlloo
  • waterlo
  • waterolo
  • waterrloo
  • watreloo
  • watterloo
  • wtaerloo
  • wwaterloo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Waterloo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

awterloo2waetrloo2watelroo2waterlloo1waterlo1waterolo2waterrloo1watreloo2
Edit distance from "Waterloo"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Waterloo"?
"Waterloo" is spelled W-A-T-E-R-L-O-O. The IPA pronunciation is \wa.tɛʁ.lo\.
What does "Waterloo" mean?
As a proper noun, "Waterloo" means: Commune et ville de la province du Brabant wallon de la région wallonne de Belgique.
What are common misspellings of "Waterloo"?
Common misspellings include "awterloo", "waetrloo", "watelroo", "waterlloo", "waterlo". The correct spelling is "Waterloo".
How do you pronounce "Waterloo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Waterloo" is \wa.tɛʁ.lo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Waterloo" come from?
"Waterloo" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Waterloo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Winnipeg#19,190volaille#19,187Abdallah#19,195affreuse#19,198

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

aurélien11 variantsbavarois11 variantscachant11 variantscloître11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list