Walkerville

Name: Walkerville, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“Walkerville” is uncommon English (frequency #97,696 among 12,113 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,696
frequency rank, English: 12,113
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A suburban area in Brough with St Giles parish, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2098).

Key facts for Walkerville
Property	Value
Headword	Walkerville
Language	English
Part of speech	Proper noun
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#97,696
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Walkerville” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Walkerville lands here:

#97,696

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Walkerville is uncommon English at frequency #97,696 among 12,113 “W” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Walkerville, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: From the surname Walker + -ville. The correct English form is Walkerville, spelled W-A-L-K-E-R-V-I-L-L-E.

Definition

1
A suburban area in Brough with St Giles parish, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2098).
2
A community in Richmond County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
3
A precinct in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, formerly a town founded by Hiram Walker.
4
An unincorporated community in Addison Township, Shelby County, Indiana, United States.
5
A village in Leavitt Township, Oceana County, Michigan, United States, founded by the Walker family.
6
A town in Silver Bow County, Montana, United States, named after the Walker brothers, investors from Salt Lake City.
7
A village in Gauteng province, South Africa.
8
A suburb and local government area (the Town of Walkerville) in Adelaide, South Australia, named after Captain John Walker.
9
A coastal village in South Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia.

Etymology

From the surname Walker + -ville.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Walkerville"?

"Walkerville" is spelled W-A-L-K-E-R-V-I-L-L-E.

What does "Walkerville" mean?

As a proper noun, "Walkerville" means: A suburban area in Brough with St Giles parish, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2098).

What is the origin of the word "Walkerville"?

From the surname Walker + -ville. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Using “Walkerville”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct English spelling is W-A-L-K-E-R-V-I-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.