Wald

\valt\

/\valt\/ noun

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The verdict

“Wald” is uncommon French (frequency #65,616 among 549 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,616
frequency rank, French
549
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forêt, bois.

Corpus desk

Index FR-wald · Wald · French

Wald · rank #65,616 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,616
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 549
  • PHOTO-FINISH vénitiennes

Nearest frequency peer: vénitiennes (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Wald »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Wald » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Wald
PropertyValue
HeadwordWald
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\valt\
Letters4
Frequency rank#65,616
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Wald » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Waldtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « vénitiennes » (#65,615), « Wauters » (#65,617), « vsi » (#65,614). Parmi 549 lemmes en « W », « Wald » est au #65,616. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Wald is uncommon French at frequency #65,616 among 549 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \valt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forêt, bois.".

No misspelling variants are generated for Wald in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Wald, spelled W-A-L-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forêt, bois.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Im Wald gibt es Bären, Wölfe und Luchse.
  2. Am Uferrand liegt ein Wald mit hohen Palmen, aus deren Früchten Öl gewonnen wird. Palmöl gehört in Sierra Leone in fast jedes Gericht. Der Wald ist ein angenehmer und wichtiger Schattenspender.

Synonyms

ForstGehölz

Antonyms

BuschFeldHeide

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Wald"?
"Wald" is spelled W-A-L-D. The IPA pronunciation is \valt\.
What does "Wald" mean?
As a noun, "Wald" means: Forêt, bois.
How do you pronounce "Wald"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Wald" is \valt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Wald" come from?
"Wald" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

wird#65,623vars#65,606Zorn#65,629abdo#65,652

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list