walkover

noun

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

The verdict

“walkover” is uncommon English (frequency #79,180 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,180
frequency rank, English
1,759
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An easy victory; a walkaway.

Corpus desk

Index EN-walkover · walkover · English

walkover · rank #79,180 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,180
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,759
  • PHOTO-FINISH Weddell

Nearest frequency peer: Weddell (+4 rank slots)

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Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “walkover”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “walkover” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for walkover
PropertyValue
Headwordwalkover
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#79,180
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “walkover” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).walkoverfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Weddell” (#79,184), “virologist” (#79,175), “Wenceslas” (#79,186). Among 1,759 “W” headwords, “walkover” is #79,180. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

walkover is uncommon English at frequency #79,180 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 10 senses are on record.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how walkover appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Along the way, there was another backdrop to this match, in the form of the goal updates from Serravalle informing everyone that Ukraine were on their way to the obligatory walkover against San Marino.
  2. The train's walkover seats are turned by the crew.

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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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "walkover", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list