# Walden

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #22,547

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A male given name.
3. A number of places in the United States:
4. A number of places in the United States:
5. A number of places in the United States:
6. A number of places in the United States:
7. A number of places in the United States:
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10. A number of places in the United States:
11. A place in Canada:
12. A place in Canada:
13. A place in Canada:
14. A valley and locality in Burton-cum-Walden parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE0183).

## Etymology
From Old English walh (“Welshman”), genitive plural wala + denu (“valley”).

## Easily confused with
- **wale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walden-vs-wale)
- **Wales** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walden-vs-wales)
- **Wilde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walden-vs-wilde)
- **waldo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walden-vs-waldo)
- **widen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walden-vs-widen)
- **walked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walden-vs-walked)
- **walker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walden-vs-walker)
- **Walter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walden-vs-walter)
- **wooden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walden-vs-wooden)
- **warren** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walden-vs-warren)
- **wallet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walden-vs-wallet)
- **wander** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walden-vs-wander)
- **warden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walden-vs-warden)
- **Walton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walden-vs-walton)
- **walled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walden-vs-walled)
- **wilder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walden-vs-wilder)
- **waller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walden-vs-waller)
- **welder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walden-vs-welder)
- **Weldon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walden-vs-weldon)
- **Whalen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walden-vs-whalen)

## Common misspellings (9)
`awlden`, `wadlen`, `waldden`, `waldenn`, `waldne`, `waledn`, `wallden`, `wladen`, `wwalden`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/walden