waters

\wa.tɛʁ\

/\wa.tɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“waters” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,193. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,193
frequency rank, French
549
“W” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de water. Les toilettes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-waters · waters · French

waters · rank #29,193 · 9 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,193
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 549
  • PHOTO-FINISH Walmart

Nearest frequency peer: Walmart (-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 « waters »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « waters » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

waters vs watts
67% similar
waters vs winters
71% similar
waters vs wars
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for waters
PropertyValue
Headwordwaters
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\wa.tɛʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#29,193
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « waters »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Walmart » (#29,192), « XIXème » (#29,194), « vérifiés » (#29,191). Parmi 549 lemmes en « W », « waters » est au #29,193. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around waters (IPA \wa.tɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,193 among 549 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de water. Les toilettes.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for waters, with forms such as "awters", "waetrs", and "waterrs". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "watts", "winters", "wars", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is waters, spelled W-A-T-E-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de water. Les toilettes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En sifflotant, je me réfugie dans les waters. Lorsque je comprends que la voie est redevenue libre, j'en sors.
  2. […] je l’ai entendu monter. Je me suis dit : voilà un homme qui doit chercher les waters, j’ai trotté derrière lui pour lui demander ce qu’il voulait.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • awters
  • waetrs
  • waterrs
  • waterss
  • watesr
  • watres
  • watters
  • wtaers
  • wwaters

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of waters - 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.

awters2waetrs2waterrs1waterss1watesr2watres2watters1wtaers2
Edit distance from "waters"

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 "waters"?
"waters" is spelled W-A-T-E-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \wa.tɛʁ\.
What does "waters" mean?
As a noun, "waters" means: Pluriel de water. Les toilettes.
What words are commonly confused with "waters"?
"waters" is commonly confused with "watts", "winters", "wars". 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 \wa.tɛʁ\. 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 French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

XIXème#29,194vendra#29,187tyrans#29,180soupes#29,156

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

songes9 variantsauditif9 variantsSofiane9 variantssilent9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list