wald
/wɔːld/
"wald" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“wald” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #44,013. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,013
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To govern; inherit.
Corpus desk
Index EN-wald · wald · English
wald · rank #44,013 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,013
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH waistcoat
Nearest frequency peer: waistcoat (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “wald”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Waddell
Waddell
55,992 corpus weight
- Waikiki
Waikiki
55,990 corpus weight
- waistcoat
waistcoat
55,989 corpus weight
- wald
wald
55,988 corpus weight
- wheelbarrow
wheelbarrow
55,984 corpus weight
- Whipple
Whipple
55,983 corpus weight
What this shows “wald” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wald |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /wɔːld/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #44,013 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “wald”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around wald (IPA /wɔːld/), averb. Corpus frequency is #44,013 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "To govern; inherit.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for wald, with forms such as "awld", "wadl", and "waldd". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "WD", "WL", "was", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Northern Middle English walde, from Old English wealdan (“to rule, control, determine, direct, command, govern, possess, wield, exercise, cause, bring about”), from Proto-West Germanic *waldan, from Proto-Germanic *waldaną (“to reign”), from Proto-Indo… The correct English form is wald, spelled W-A-L-D.
Definition
- 1To govern; inherit.
Etymology
From Northern Middle English walde, from Old English wealdan (“to rule, control, determine, direct, command, govern, possess, wield, exercise, cause, bring about”), from Proto-West Germanic *waldan, from Proto-Germanic *waldaną (“to reign”), from Proto-Indo-European *waldʰ- (“to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess”). Cognates Cognate with German walten (“to prevail, reign, dominate”), Danish volde (“to cause”), Icelandic valda (“to cause”), Lithuanian valda (“land property”), Lithuanian valdyti (“to rule”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- awld
- wadl
- waldd
- walld
- wlad
- wwald
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of wald - 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.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "wald", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).