walnut
wal·nut/ˈwɔlnət/noun, adjective
walnut is spelled W-A-L-N-U-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables (wal·nut). It appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, walnut means “A hardwood tree of the genus Juglans” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of walnut is walnuts.
How many letters and syllables are in walnut?
| Letters | 6: W-A-L-N-U-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: wal·nut |
| In writing | 3.6 times per million words; the 13,695th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is walnut?
Walnut appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce walnut?
- UK /ˈwɔːlnʌt/
- US /ˈwɔlnət/
- US /ˈwɔlˌnʌt/
Walnut has 2 syllables, split wal·nut in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-walnut.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of walnut
- walnuts plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does walnut mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A hardwood tree of the genus Juglans.
- 2
A nut of the walnut tree.
- 3
Wood of the walnut tree.
- 4
Dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood.
adjective
- 1
Having a dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Walnut in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | noix , noyer |
| German | Walnuss , Walnussbaum, Nussbaum , Walnussholz, Nussbaumholz |
| Portuguese | noz , nogueira |
| Spanish | nuez, tocte, nuez de Castilla, nuez de la India , nogal, noguera |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does walnut come from?
From Middle English walnote, walnutte, walnotte, from Old English wealhhnutu (“walnut”, literally “foreign nut”), from Proto-Germanic *walhahnuts (literally “foreigner-nut”). Cognate with Dutch walnoot, German Walnuss, Swedish valnöt, Icelandic valhneta. Compare more recent term Welsh onion, which also uses Welsh to mean “foreign”.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).