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walker

walk·er/ˈwɔkɚ/noun

walker is spelled W-A-L-K-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables (walk·er). It appears 26 times per million words in written English, the 3,479th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, walker means “The agent noun of to walk: a person who walks or a thing which walks, especially a pedestrian or a participant in a walking race” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of walker is walkers.

How many letters and syllables are in walker?

Letters6: W-A-L-K-E-R
Syllables2: walk·er
In writing26 times per million words; the 3,479th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with
Same letters

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is walker?

Walker appears 26 times per million words in written English, the 3,479th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce walker?

  • UK /ˈwɔːkə/
  • /ˈwaːkæ/
  • US /ˈwɔkɚ/

Walker has 2 syllables, split walk·er in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-walker.wav, En-au-Walker.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with walker?

2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as walker from its last stressed vowel (/ɔkəɹ/):

Spelled with the same letters in another order: rewalk.

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of walker

  • walkers plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does walker mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    The agent noun of to walk: a person who walks or a thing which walks, especially a pedestrian or a participant in a walking race.

    The park was full of morning walkers enjoying the fresh air.

  2. 2

    rareOne who walks (takes for a walk).

  3. 3

    A walking frame or baby walker.

    The elderly woman used a walker to help her move around more easily.

  4. 4

    A shoe designed for comfortable walking.

  5. 5

    A zombie.

  6. 6

    A male escort who accompanies a woman to an event.

  7. 7

    A gressorial bird.

  8. 8

    A forester.

  9. 9

    Alternative form of waulker.

interjection

as Walker
  1. 1

    UKarchaicslangExpressing scornful rejection or disbelief.

noun

as Walker
  1. 1

    A Walking Liberty half dollar.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Walker in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchmarcheur (person who walks), déambulateur (walking frame)
Portugueseandarilho, caminhante (person who walks), andador (walking frame)
Spanishcaminante, andante (person who walks), andador, andadera, andarivel, pollera (walking frame)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does walker come from?

From Middle English walkere (“one who walks, traveller”), equivalent to walk + -er.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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