walkover

noun

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"walkover" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“walkover” is an uncommon English word, ranked #79,180 in English word frequency and used as a noun.

#79,180
frequency rank, English
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An easy victory; a walkaway.

Key facts for walkover
PropertyValue
Headwordwalkover
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#79,180
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “walkover” 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). walkover lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for walkover is 8 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #79,180 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Zero misspellings are on record for walkover in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: Deverbal from walk over. The correct English form is walkover, spelled W-A-L-K-O-V-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    An easy victory; a walkaway.
  2. 2
    A bye or victory awarded to a competitor when a scheduled opponent fails to play a game.
  3. 3
    A horse race with only one entrant.
  4. 4
    An uncontested election.
  5. 5
    Someone easy to defeat.
  6. 6
    Someone who does not stand up for themselves when mistreated; a doormat.
  7. 7
    A backbend combined with a handstand.
  8. 8
    A match whose winner is declared because the other boxer does not appear in the ring within one minute of the official time.
  9. 9
    A type of railroad passenger car seat, having reversible seat backs that can be moved across the seat to face either direction of travel
  10. 10
    An ecological survey carried out by walking across and examining a piece of land.

Etymology

Deverbal from walk over.

Synonyms

easy thing

This word in other languages

souplesse(Français)

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 "walkover"?
"walkover" is spelled W-A-L-K-O-V-E-R.
What does "walkover" mean?
As a noun, "walkover" means: An easy victory; a walkaway.
What is the origin of the word "walkover"?
Deverbal from walk over. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “walkover”

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

  • The one correct English spelling is W-A-L-K-O-V-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list