Walworth
/ˈwɒlwɜːθ/
"walworth" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Walworth” is uncommon English (frequency #62,609 among 12,113 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,609
- frequency rank, English
- 12,113
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A district of the borough of Southwark, London, England.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Walworth |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈwɒlwɜːθ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,609 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Walworth” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Walworth is uncommon English at frequency #62,609 among 12,113 “W” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈwɒlwɜːθ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Walworth in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old English wealh (“Briton”) + worþ (“enclosure”). Compare Walsworth. The correct English form is Walworth, spelled W-A-L-W-O-R-T-H.
Definition
- 1A district of the borough of Southwark, London, England.
- 2A scattered village in Darlington borough, County Durham, England.
- 3An unincorporated community in Custer County, Nebraska, United States.
- 4A town in Wayne County, New York, United States.
- 5A town and village in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States.
- 6A habitational surname from Old English.
Etymology
From Old English wealh (“Briton”) + worþ (“enclosure”). Compare Walsworth.
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.
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Using “Walworth”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is W-A-L-W-O-R-T-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈwɒlwɜːθ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.