# walnut

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈwɔːlnʌt/ · frequency rank #13,838

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
From Middle English walnote, walnutte, walnotte, from Old English wealhhnutu (“walnut”, literally “foreign nut”), from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner”) + *hnuts (“nut”). Cognate with Dutch walnoot, German Walnuss, Swedish valnöt, Icelandic valhneta. Compare more recent term Welsh onion, which also uses Welsh to mean “foreign”.

## Easily confused with
- **want** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walnut-vs-want)
- **Walt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walnut-vs-walt)
- **wasnt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walnut-vs-wasnt)
- **wasn't** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walnut-vs-wasn-t)
- **walrus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walnut-vs-walrus)
- **wallet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wallet-vs-walnut)
- **walkout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walkout-vs-walnut)

## Common misspellings (9)
`awlnut`, `wallnut`, `walnnut`, `walntu`, `walnutt`, `walunt`, `wanlut`, `wlanut`, `wwalnut`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/walnut