# waltz

> English word · Noun · IPA /wɒlts/ · frequency rank #17,745

## Definitions
1. A ballroom dance in 3/4 time.
2. A piece of music for this dance (or in triple time).
3. A simple task.

## Etymology
From German Walzer, from walzen (“to dance”), from Old High German walzan (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *walt- (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn”). Doublet of valse. More at *waltaną.

## Easily confused with
- **wat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waltz-vs-wat)
- **want** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waltz-vs-want)
- **watt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waltz-vs-watt)
- **wilt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waltz-vs-wilt)
- **Welt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waltz-vs-welt)
- **wart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waltz-vs-wart)
- **wants** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waltz-vs-wants)
- **waste** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waltz-vs-waste)
- **Watts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waltz-vs-watts)
- **wealth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waltz-vs-wealth)
- **WAL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wal-vs-waltz)
- **wait** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wait-vs-waltz)
- **walk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walk-vs-waltz)
- **wall** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wall-vs-waltz)
- **Walt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walt-vs-waltz)
- **wale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wale-vs-waltz)
- **wald** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wald-vs-waltz)
- **wali** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wali-vs-waltz)
- **walls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walls-vs-waltz)
- **Wales** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wales-vs-waltz)

## Common misspellings (8)
`awltz`, `walltz`, `walttz`, `waltzz`, `walzt`, `watlz`, `wlatz`, `wwaltz`

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