Walters

Name: Walters, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Walters” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #16,164. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,164
frequency rank, English: 1,759
“W” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings: 14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname transferred from the given name.

Corpus desk

Index EN-walters · Walters · English

Walters · rank #16,164 · 11 variants · 14 confusables

FREQ-MID #16,164
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
VAR-MID 11 variants
BOOK-MID 1,759
PHOTO-FINISH Wally

Nearest frequency peer: Wally (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

vested

83,842
wah

83,839
Wally

83,838
Walters

83,837
wavelength

83,836
workload

83,835

What this shows “Walters” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Walters vs Water

71% similar

Walters vs waters

71% similar

Walters vs wastes

57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Walters
Property	Value
Headword	Walters
Language	English
Part of speech	Proper noun
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#16,164
Misspellings tracked	11
Confusable pairs	14
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Walters”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).Walterslands here:

#16,164

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “Wally” (#16,163), “wavelength” (#16,165), “wah” (#16,162). Among 1,759 “W” headwords, “Walters” is #16,164. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Walters, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #16,164 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Walters, with forms such as "awlters", "waletrs", and "wallters". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "Water", "waters", "wastes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Walter + -s. The correct English form is Walters, spelled W-A-L-T-E-R-S.

Definition

1
A surname transferred from the given name.
2
A small city in Faribault County, Minnesota, United States.
3
A city, the county seat of Cotton County, Oklahoma, United States.
4
An unincorporated community in the Isle of Wight County, Virginia, United States.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Walters appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Renee Walters and Ashley Scott started the campaign to buy Freedom after Walters saw a viral post about buying a town “for the price of a New York apartment.”

Etymology

From Walter + -s.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

awlters
waletrs
wallters
walterrs
walterss
waltesr
waltres
waltters
watlers
wlaters
wwalters

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Walters - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "Walters"

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 "Walters"?

"Walters" is spelled W-A-L-T-E-R-S.

What does "Walters" mean?

As a proper noun, "Walters" means: A surname transferred from the given name.

What words are commonly confused with "Walters"?

"Walters" is commonly confused with "Water", "waters", "wastes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

What is the origin of the word "Walters"?

From Walter + -s. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Walters", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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