walking

\ˈwɔ.kɪŋ\

/\ˈwɔ.kɪŋ\/ verb

The verdict

“walking” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,907. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,907
frequency rank, French
549
“W” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent du verbe walk.

Corpus desk

Index FR-walking · walking · French

walking · rank #18,907 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,907
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 549
  • PHOTO-FINISH vista

Nearest frequency peer: vista (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « walking »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « walking » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

walking vs working
71% similar
walking vs warning
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for walking
PropertyValue
Headwordwalking
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ˈwɔ.kɪŋ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,907
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « walking »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).walkingse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « vista » (#18,906), « welcome » (#18,908), « vince » (#18,905). Parmi 549 lemmes en « W », « walking » est au #18,907. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around walking (IPA \ˈwɔ.kɪŋ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #18,907 among 549 “W” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent du verbe walk.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for walking, with forms such as "awlking", "wakling", and "walikng". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "working", "warning", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is walking, spelled W-A-L-K-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe présent du verbe walk.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • awlking
  • wakling
  • walikng
  • walkign
  • walkingg
  • walkinng
  • walkking
  • walknig
  • wallking
  • wlaking
  • wwalking

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of walking - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

awlking2wakling2walikng2walkign2walkingg1walkinng1walkking1walknig2
Edit distance from "walking"

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 "walking"?
"walking" is spelled W-A-L-K-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈwɔ.kɪŋ\.
What does "walking" mean?
As a verb, "walking" means: Participe présent du verbe walk.
What words are commonly confused with "walking"?
"walking" is commonly confused with "working", "warning". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "walking"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "walking" is \ˈwɔ.kɪŋ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "walking" come from?
"walking" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list