# walker

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈwɔːkə/ · frequency rank #3,538

## Definitions
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.
2. One who walks (takes for a walk).
3. A walking frame or baby walker.
4. A shoe designed for comfortable walking.
5. A zombie.
6. A male escort who accompanies a woman to an event.
7. A gressorial bird.
8. A forester.
9. A kind of military robot or mecha with legs for locomotion.
10. A batsman or batswoman who directly walks off the field when out without waiting for the umpire's decision.
11. A prostitute, streetwalker.

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

## Easily confused with
- **Water** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walker-vs-water)
- **walks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walker-vs-walks)
- **waver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walker-vs-waver)
- **worker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walker-vs-worker)
- **Walter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walker-vs-walter)
- **wallet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walker-vs-wallet)
- **Warner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walker-vs-warner)
- **weaker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walker-vs-weaker)
- **warmer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walker-vs-warmer)
- **wander** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walker-vs-wander)
- **walled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walker-vs-walled)
- **wilder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walker-vs-wilder)
- **washer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walker-vs-washer)
- **waller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walker-vs-waller)
- **Wilkes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walker-vs-wilkes)
- **weller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walker-vs-weller)
- **wicker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walker-vs-wicker)
- **wanker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walker-vs-wanker)
- **welder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walker-vs-welder)
- **walkie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walker-vs-walkie)

## Common misspellings (9)
`awlker`, `wakler`, `walekr`, `walkerr`, `walkker`, `walkre`, `wallker`, `wlaker`, `wwalker`

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