# waldo

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈwɔːl.dəʊ/ · frequency rank #20,263

## Definitions
1. Synonym of telefactor.

## Etymology
From the Robert A. Heinlein story Waldo, published in Astounding in 1940, derived from the name of the eponymous protagonist, Waldo F. Jones, who invented remote manipulators to overcome his own myasthenia gravis.

## Easily confused with
- **walk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waldo-vs-walk)
- **wall** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waldo-vs-wall)
- **wild** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waldo-vs-wild)
- **ward** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waldo-vs-ward)
- **Walt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waldo-vs-walt)
- **wand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waldo-vs-wand)
- **Weld** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waldo-vs-weld)
- **WaPo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waldo-vs-wapo)
- **wold** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waldo-vs-wold)
- **wale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waldo-vs-wale)
- **wali** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waldo-vs-wali)
- **walls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waldo-vs-walls)
- **Wales** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waldo-vs-wales)
- **walks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waldo-vs-walks)
- **Walsh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waldo-vs-walsh)
- **Wally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waldo-vs-wally)
- **Wilde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waldo-vs-wilde)
- **waltz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waldo-vs-waltz)
- **Wanda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waldo-vs-wanda)
- **wilds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waldo-vs-wilds)

## Common misspellings (7)
`awldo`, `wadlo`, `walddo`, `walldo`, `walod`, `wlado`, `wwaldo`

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