wallah
/ˈwɑːlə/
"wallah" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“wallah” is an uncommon English word, ranked #95,596 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #95,596
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A servant or other person responsible for something, often specified before it, for example kitchen wallah.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wallah |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈwɑːlə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #95,596 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “wallah” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for wallah is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈwɑːlə/. Corpus data places it at rank #95,596 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for wallah in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Either from Hindi -वाला (-vālā, “pertaining to”) or from Hindi वाला (vālā, “person in charge”). The correct English form is wallah, spelled W-A-L-L-A-H.
Definition
- 1A servant or other person responsible for something, often specified before it, for example kitchen wallah.
- 2Ellipsis of competition wallah.
- 3A guy or bloke.
Etymology
Either from Hindi -वाला (-vālā, “pertaining to”) or from Hindi वाला (vālā, “person in charge”).
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 “wallah”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is W-A-L-L-A-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈwɑːlə/ (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.