waterpolo
\wa.tɛʁ.po.lo\
The verdict
“waterpolo” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sport collectif aquatique opposant deux équipes de sept nageurs. Il est codifié en Grande-Bretagne à la fin du XIXe siècle et devient sport olympique en 1900.
Corpus desk
Index FR-waterpolo · waterpolo · French
waterpolo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | waterpolo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \wa.tɛʁ.po.lo\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « waterpolo » en français
Rare enough to double-check
waterpolo is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \wa.tɛʁ.po.lo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sport collectif aquatique opposant deux équipes de sept nageurs. Il est codifié en Grande-Bretagne à la fin du XIXe siècle et devient sport olympique en 1900.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for waterpolo, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 French form is waterpolo, spelled W-A-T-E-R-P-O-L-O.
Definition
- 1Sport collectif aquatique opposant deux équipes de sept nageurs. Il est codifié en Grande-Bretagne à la fin du XIXe siècle et devient sport olympique en 1900.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how waterpolo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour les femmes, le waterpolo n’a été admis comme discipline olympique qu’en 2000, aux Jeux Olympiques de Sydney.
This word in other languages
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.