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How to spell water

hear itwa·ter/'wɔtər/nounStarter

What it means: The clear liquid that forms seas, rivers, and rain.

In a sentence: The duck swims in the water.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as watter or watr.

Same family: waters, watered, watering, waterfall, waterway. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Water comes from Old English “wæter,” which is related to similar words in German and Dutch, showing how ancient and important this word is across many European languages.

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