walkman
[ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝alkmãn]
The verdict
“walkman” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #66,595 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #66,595
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Reproductor de audio portátil que utiliza un reproductor de audiocassette a batería y en algunos casos tiene una radio AM/FM.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | walkman |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝alkmãn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #66,595 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “walkman” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for walkman is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝alkmãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #66,595 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Reproductor de audio portátil que utiliza un reproductor de audiocassette a batería y en algunos casos tiene una radio AM/FM.".
Zero misspellings are on record for walkman in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is walkman, spelled W-A-L-K-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1Reproductor de audio portátil que utiliza un reproductor de audiocassette a batería y en algunos casos tiene una radio AM/FM.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “walkman”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is W-A-L-K-M-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝alkmãn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.