# Walter

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈwɒltə/ · frequency rank #3,917

## Definitions
1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
2. A surname.
3. An unincorporated community in Cullman County, Alabama, United States.
4. A township in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, United States.

## Etymology
A Germanic name, from Middle English Walter, from Old Northern French Waltier, from Frankish *Waltheri (compare Old High German Waltheri, which see for more details), from Proto-West Germanic *Waldahari, from Proto-Germanic *Waldaharjaz, from *waldą (“ruler”) + *harjaz (“army, host”).
Related to Old English Waldhere. Compare herald and Harold, in which these elements are reversed.

## Easily confused with
- **Water** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walter-vs-water)
- **waste** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walter-vs-waste)
- **waltz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walter-vs-waltz)
- **waver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walter-vs-waver)
- **wanted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walter-vs-wanted)
- **winter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walter-vs-winter)
- **writer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walter-vs-writer)
- **waters** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walter-vs-waters)
- **wasted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walter-vs-wasted)
- **Warner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walter-vs-warner)
- **warmer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walter-vs-warmer)
- **wander** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walter-vs-wander)
- **Walton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walter-vs-walton)
- **wilder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walter-vs-wilder)
- **wastes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walter-vs-wastes)
- **washer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walter-vs-washer)
- **watery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walter-vs-watery)
- **weller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walter-vs-weller)
- **wanker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walter-vs-wanker)
- **wetter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walter-vs-wetter)

## Common misspellings (9)
`awlter`, `waletr`, `wallter`, `walterr`, `waltre`, `waltter`, `watler`, `wlater`, `wwalter`

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