waller

\wɔ.le\

/\wɔ.le\/ verb

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The verdict

“waller” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,103. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,103
frequency rank, French
549
“W” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Voir à travers les murs.

Corpus desk

Index FR-waller · waller · French

waller · rank #47,103 · 7 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,103
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 549
  • PHOTO-FINISH vulgariser

Nearest frequency peer: vulgariser (-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 « waller »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « waller » 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).

waller vs water
67% similar
waller vs Walter
67% similar
waller vs wallon
67% similar

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

Key facts for waller
PropertyValue
Headwordwaller
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\wɔ.le\
Letters6
Frequency rank#47,103
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « waller »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).wallerse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « vulgariser » (#47,102), « waw » (#47,104), « VRP » (#47,101). Parmi 549 lemmes en « W », « waller » est au #47,103. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around waller (IPA \wɔ.le\), averb. Corpus frequency is #47,103 among 549 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for waller, with forms such as "awller", "walelr", and "waler". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "water", "Walter", "wallon", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is waller, spelled W-A-L-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Voir à travers les murs.
  2. 2
    Tirer à travers les murs.
  3. 3
    Construire un mur, édifier une fortification pour se protéger.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Je walle, en même temps je fais du marine et du maraudeur et le plus rapidement possible je m'arrange pour avoir des tanks en mode siège

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • awller
  • walelr
  • waler
  • wallerr
  • wallre
  • wlaler
  • wwaller

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

awller2walelr2waler1wallerr1wallre2wlaler2wwaller1
Edit distance from "waller"

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 "waller"?
"waller" is spelled W-A-L-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \wɔ.le\.
What does "waller" mean?
As a verb, "waller" means: Voir à travers les murs.
What words are commonly confused with "waller"?
"waller" is commonly confused with "water", "Walter", "wallon". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "waller"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "waller" is \wɔ.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "waller" come from?
"waller" 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 "waller", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

édiles#47,117trépas#47,084abusée#47,130Tivoli#47,073

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

write7 variantsvisez7 variantsTeller7 variantsainés7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list