walleyed
/ˈwɔːlaɪd/
"walleyed" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“walleyed” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having eyes with a pale-coloured iris.
Corpus desk
Index EN-walleyed · walleyed · English
walleyed · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | walleyed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈwɔːlaɪd/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “walleyed” in English
Rare enough to double-check
walleyed is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈwɔːlaɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for walleyed, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Middle English wawil-eghed, Middle English wolden-eiged (“having very light-colored eyes; having parti-colored eyes”), from Old Norse vagl-eygr (“having speckled eyes”), in turn from Old Norse vagl (“speck or beam in the eye”) (compare Icelan… The correct English form is walleyed, spelled W-A-L-L-E-Y-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having eyes with a pale-coloured iris.
- 2Having eyes of different colours.
- 3Suffering from exotropia.
- 4Having bulging eyes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how walleyed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] this is the bloodiest shame, The wildest savagery, the vilest stroke, That ever wall-eyed wrath or staring rage Presented to the tears of soft remorse.
A nose of land ran out into the sea from Tanoo and split the village into two parts; the parts diverged at a slight angle, so that the village of Tanoo had a wall-eyed stare out over the sea.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English wawil-eghed, Middle English wolden-eiged (“having very light-colored eyes; having parti-colored eyes”), from Old Norse vagl-eygr (“having speckled eyes”), in turn from Old Norse vagl (“speck or beam in the eye”) (compare Icelandic vagl (“film over the eye”), Swedish vagel (“stye in the eye”)) and Old Norse eygr, from Old Norse auga, which is cognate to English eye.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.