wallah
\wa.la\
The verdict
“wallah” is uncommon French (frequency #55,680 among 549 “W” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,680
- frequency rank, French
- 549
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Par Allah.
Corpus desk
Index FR-wallah · wallah · French
wallah · rank #55,680 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,680
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 549
- PHOTO-FINISH vénéneux
Nearest frequency peer: vénéneux (-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 « wallah »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Violaine
Violaine
44,326 corpus weight
- visse
visse
44,325 corpus weight
- voulurent
voulurent
44,324 corpus weight
- vénéneux
vénéneux
44,322 corpus weight
- wallah
wallah
44,321 corpus weight
- wealth
wealth
44,319 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « wallah » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wallah |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \wa.la\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #55,680 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « wallah » en français
Rare enough to double-check
wallah is uncommon French at frequency #55,680 among 549 “W” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \wa.la\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
wallah has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is wallah, spelled W-A-L-L-A-H.
Definition
- 1Par Allah.
- 2Renforcement du caractère impérieux d’une déclaration, sans référence au divin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wallah appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La tête de ouam wallah Même sous marijuana pour rien j’deviendrais l’mari d’Loana
Face aux différentes sommations faites aux musulmans de condamner les meurtres commis par l’EI, les réseaux sociaux ont réagi avec humour en lançant une campagne "Wallah c’est pas moi", réplique de la campagne "Not in my name".
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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