Walmart
"walmart" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Walmart” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,761. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,761
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - A chain of large, discount department stores (most of which also sell groceries), originating in the United States and later spreading to several other countries.
Corpus desk
Index EN-walmart · Walmart · English
Walmart · rank #7,761 · 11 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,761
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH waking
Nearest frequency peer: waking (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Walmart”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- varieties
varieties
92,243 corpus weight
- vegan
vegan
92,242 corpus weight
- waking
waking
92,241 corpus weight
- Walmart
Walmart
92,240 corpus weight
- wang
wang
92,239 corpus weight
- wilderness
wilderness
92,238 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Walmart” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Walmart |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #7,761 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Walmart” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Walmart, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #7,761 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A chain of large, discount department stores (most of which also sell groceries), originating in the United States and later spreading to several other countries.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Walmart, with forms such as "awlmart", "walamrt", and "wallmart". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: The company name is likely an abbreviation for “Walton’s Market”, after its founder, Sam Walton. It was originally spelled Wal-Mart and later changed to Walmart. The correct English form is Walmart, spelled W-A-L-M-A-R-T.
Definition
- 1A chain of large, discount department stores (most of which also sell groceries), originating in the United States and later spreading to several other countries.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Walmart appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It’s pretty obvious if you are a coffee drinker that Starbucks ain’t the Walmart of coffee.
In the 1990s, Barnes & Noble opened superstore after superstore across the United States. It become the Walmart of books, with the same attitude toward vendors.
Etymology
The company name is likely an abbreviation for “Walton’s Market”, after its founder, Sam Walton. It was originally spelled Wal-Mart and later changed to Walmart.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- awlmart
- walamrt
- wallmart
- walmarrt
- walmartt
- walmatr
- walmmart
- walmrat
- wamlart
- wlamart
- wwalmart
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Walmart - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Walmart", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
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.