Wind
[vɪnt]
The verdict
“Wind” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #1,752 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,752
- frequency rank, German
- 4
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine gerichtete Luftbewegung in der Atmosphäre
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wind |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [vɪnt] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #1,752 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Wind” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Wind is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [vɪnt]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,752 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wind, with forms such as "iwnd", "widn", and "windd". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "wir", "won", "wit", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Wind, spelled W-I-N-D.
Definition
- 1eine gerichtete Luftbewegung in der Atmosphäre
- 2Abgang einer Blähung aus dem Darm durch den After nach außen
- 3die durch ein Gebläse den Orgelpfeifen zugeführte Luft
- 4die (zum Beispiel bei der Eisengewinnung im Hochofen) mit Sauerstoff angereicherte Luft
- 5der Sonnenwind/Sternwind = Teilchenstrom, der von der Sonne ausgeht
- 6Windbäckerei
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: iwnd,widn,windd,winnd,wnid,wwind
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Wind - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Wind”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-I-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [vɪnt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “wir” - see the side-by-side comparison. Wind vs wir
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.