Walhalla

\val.a.la\

/\val.a.la\/ name

The verdict

“Walhalla” is uncommon French (frequency #97,551 among 549 “W” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,551
frequency rank, French
549
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de walhalla.

Corpus desk

Index FR-walhalla · Walhalla · French

Walhalla · rank #97,551 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,551
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 549
  • PHOTO-FINISH wahoo

Nearest frequency peer: wahoo (-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 « Walhalla »

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 « Walhalla » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Walhalla
PropertyValue
HeadwordWalhalla
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\val.a.la\
Letters8
Frequency rank#97,551
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Walhalla » en français

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « wahoo » (#97,550), « warlock » (#97,552), « vînt » (#97,549). Parmi 549 lemmes en « W », « Walhalla » est au #97,551. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Walhalla is uncommon French at frequency #97,551 among 549 “W” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \val.a.la\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de walhalla.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Walhalla in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Walhalla, spelled W-A-L-H-A-L-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante de walhalla.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le temps que les types se rendent compte de ce qui leur arrivait dans les pattes, ils étaient direct en partance pour le Walhalla. Vont pouvoir tripoter les Walkyries, ces enfoirés.

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 "Walhalla"?
"Walhalla" is spelled W-A-L-H-A-L-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is \val.a.la\.
What does "Walhalla" mean?
As a proper noun, "Walhalla" means: Variante de walhalla.
How do you pronounce "Walhalla"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Walhalla" is \val.a.la\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Walhalla" come from?
"Walhalla" 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 "Walhalla", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list