Wallachia
/wɒlˈeɪ.kiː.ə/
"wallachia" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Wallachia” is uncommon English (frequency #82,907 among 12,113 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,907
- frequency rank, English
- 12,113
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, now part of southern Romania.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wallachia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /wɒlˈeɪ.kiː.ə/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #82,907 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Wallachia” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Wallachia is uncommon English at frequency #82,907 among 12,113 “W” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /wɒlˈeɪ.kiː.ə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Wallachia, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Romanian Valahia. Related to Vlach. The correct English form is Wallachia, spelled W-A-L-L-A-C-H-I-A.
Definition
- 1A historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, now part of southern Romania.
- 2A cultural region in northeast Moravia, in the Czech Republic; in full, Moravian Wallachia.
Etymology
From Romanian Valahia. Related to Vlach.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “Wallachia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is W-A-L-L-A-C-H-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /wɒlˈeɪ.kiː.ə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.