walkman
\wɔk.man\
The verdict
“walkman” is uncommon French (frequency #64,170 among 549 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,170
- frequency rank, French
- 549
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Appareil de musique de petite taille diffusant dans un casque externe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-walkman · walkman · French
walkman · rank #64,170 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,170
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 549
- PHOTO-FINISH walla
Nearest frequency peer: walla (+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 « walkman »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Vitaly
Vitaly
35,835 corpus weight
- voodoo
voodoo
35,834 corpus weight
- vostre
vostre
35,833 corpus weight
- walkman
walkman
35,831 corpus weight
- walla
walla
35,830 corpus weight
- warden
warden
35,828 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « walkman » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | walkman |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \wɔk.man\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #64,170 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « walkman » en français
Rare enough to double-check
walkman is uncommon French at frequency #64,170 among 549 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \wɔk.man\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
walkman doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is walkman, spelled W-A-L-K-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1Appareil de musique de petite taille diffusant dans un casque externe.
- 2Baladeur lecteur et éventuellement enregistreur de cassettes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how walkman appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous allions en «boum », ils sortent en «boîtes », nous lisions un bouquin, ils se tapent des cassettes... Nous aimions communier sous les auspices des Beatles, ils s’enferment dans l’autisme du walkman...
Chapuis, sur sa couche, avait la ressource d’écouter de la musique dans son walkman, je n’avais même pas un livre, je broyais du noir.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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