waterman
The verdict
“waterman” is uncommon French (frequency #79,853 among 549 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,853
- frequency rank, French
- 549
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tunnelier propre à creuser la terre sous l'eau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-waterman · waterman · French
waterman · rank #79,853 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,853
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 549
- PHOTO-FINISH védas
Nearest frequency peer: védas (-2 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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « waterman »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- vosgiens
vosgiens
20,152 corpus weight
- védas
védas
20,150 corpus weight
- waterman
waterman
20,148 corpus weight
- weapons
weapons
20,146 corpus weight
- Wiesel
Wiesel
20,145 corpus weight
- willing
willing
20,144 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « waterman » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | waterman |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #79,853 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « waterman » en français
Rare enough to double-check
waterman is uncommon French at frequency #79,853 among 549 “W” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for waterman, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is waterman, spelled W-A-T-E-R-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tunnelier propre à creuser la terre sous l'eau.
- 2Sportif qui excelle dans plusieurs disciplines aquatiques (surf, bodyboard, windsurf, paddle, voile...)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how waterman appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce formidable pionnier, aventurier et waterman avant l’heure
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.
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