walking distance
"walking-distance" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“walking distance” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A distance that a person can reasonably walk.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | walking distance |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “walking distance” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
walking distance is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A distance that a person can reasonably walk.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for walking distance, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is walking distance, spelled W-A-L-K-I-N-G- -D-I-S-T-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1A distance that a person can reasonably walk.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “walking distance”
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- The one correct English spelling is W-A-L-K-I-N-G- -D-I-S-T-A-N-C-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.