walled

adj

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"walled" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“walled” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #16,618. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,618
frequency rank, English
1,759
“W” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pertaining to a wall; surrounded by a wall

Corpus desk

Index EN-walled · walled · English

walled · rank #16,618 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,618
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,759
  • PHOTO-FINISH wager

Nearest frequency peer: wager (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “walled”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “walled” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

walled vs walls
67% similar
walled vs waved
67% similar
walled vs Wally
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for walled
PropertyValue
Headwordwalled
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters6
Frequency rank#16,618
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “walled”

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).walledlands here:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “wager” (#16,617), “whack” (#16,620), “Vivian” (#16,615). Among 1,759 “W” headwords, “walled” is #16,618. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around walled, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,618 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for walled, with forms such as "awlled", "waled", and "waleld". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "walls", "waved", "Wally", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is walled, spelled W-A-L-L-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pertaining to a wall; surrounded by a wall
  2. 2
    Pertaining to something which has been placed into a wall, i.e., immured.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. a walled garden
  2. Being located about four kilometers from the Yellow River and twenty-three kilometers northwest of Cheng-chou, the early walled site at Hsi-shan lies in the core cultural area.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • awlled
  • waled
  • waleld
  • wallde
  • walledd
  • wlaled
  • wwalled

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of walled - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

awlled2waled1waleld2wallde2walledd1wlaled2wwalled1
Edit distance from "walled"

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 "walled"?
"walled" is spelled W-A-L-L-E-D.
What does "walled" mean?
As an adjective, "walled" means: Pertaining to a wall; surrounded by a wall
What words are commonly confused with "walled"?
"walled" is commonly confused with "walls", "waved", "Wally". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "walled" come from?
"walled" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Vivian#16,615whoops#16,621Zambia#16,625unjust#16,609

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

wager7 variantsWilde7 variantsballad7 variantsBasel7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list