# Walsh

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #9,006

## Definitions
1. An Irish surname from English.
2. A hamlet in Cypress County, Alberta, Canada.
3. A hamlet in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.
4. A statutory town in Baca County, Colorado, United States.
5. An unincorporated community in the town of Porterfield, Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States.

## Etymology
From Middle English Walsch (“Welsh(man)”), from Old English wælisċ, variant of wīelisċ.

## Easily confused with
- **was** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walsh-vs-was)
- **wish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walsh-vs-wish)
- **ways** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walsh-vs-ways)
- **wars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walsh-vs-wars)
- **wash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walsh-vs-wash)
- **Walt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walsh-vs-walt)
- **wasp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walsh-vs-wasp)
- **watch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walsh-vs-watch)
- **Welsh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walsh-vs-welsh)
- **waltz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walsh-vs-waltz)
- **welch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walsh-vs-welch)
- **waugh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walsh-vs-waugh)
- **washy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walsh-vs-washy)
- **wealth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walsh-vs-wealth)
- **WAL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wal-vs-walsh)
- **wah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wah-vs-walsh)
- **walk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walk-vs-walsh)
- **wall** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wall-vs-walsh)
- **wale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wale-vs-walsh)
- **wald** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wald-vs-walsh)

## Common misspellings (8)
`awlsh`, `walhs`, `wallsh`, `walshh`, `walssh`, `waslh`, `wlash`, `wwalsh`

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