walser

noun

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The verdict

“walser” is uncommon French (frequency #93,385 among 27,995 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,385
frequency rank, French
27,995
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ensemble de dialectes alémaniques parlés par les Walser, des populations alpines originaire du Haut-Valais et dispersées entre le Val d’Aoste, en Italie, et l’ouest de l’Autriche.

Key facts for walser
PropertyValue
Headwordwalser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#93,385
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “walser” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). walser lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

walser is uncommon French at frequency #93,385 among 27,995 “W” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ensemble de dialectes alémaniques parlés par les Walser, des populations alpines originaire du Haut-Valais et dispersées entre le Val d’Aoste, en Italie, et l’ouest de l’Autriche.".

No misspelling variants are generated for walser in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is walser, spelled W-A-L-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ensemble de dialectes alémaniques parlés par les Walser, des populations alpines originaire du Haut-Valais et dispersées entre le Val d’Aoste, en Italie, et l’ouest de l’Autriche.

Synonyms

haut-valaisan

This word in other languages

Walser(English)

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 "walser"?
"walser" is spelled W-A-L-S-E-R.
What does "walser" mean?
As a noun, "walser" means: Ensemble de dialectes alémaniques parlés par les Walser, des populations alpines originaire du Haut-Valais et dispersées entre le Val d’Aoste, en Italie, et l’ouest de l’Autriche.
What language does "walser" come from?
"walser" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “walser”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is W-A-L-S-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list