Walser

noun

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

The verdict

“Walser” is uncommon English (frequency #91,135 among 12,113 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,135
frequency rank, English
12,113
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A member of a German-speaking community in Alpine Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein and Austria.

Key facts for Walser
PropertyValue
HeadwordWalser
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#91,135
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Walser” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Walser lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Walser is uncommon English at frequency #91,135 among 12,113 “W” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A member of a German-speaking community in Alpine Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein and Austria.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Walser in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From German Walser, by contraction from Walliser, from Wallis + -er. The correct English form is Walser, spelled W-A-L-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A member of a German-speaking community in Alpine Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein and Austria.

Etymology

From German Walser, by contraction from Walliser, from Wallis + -er.

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 "Walser"?
"Walser" is spelled W-A-L-S-E-R.
What does "Walser" mean?
As a noun, "Walser" means: A member of a German-speaking community in Alpine Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein and Austria.
What is the origin of the word "Walser"?
From German Walser, by contraction from Walliser, from Wallis + -er. See the full etymology section above for more details.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “Walser”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is W-A-L-S-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list