Which to use
“wind” and “winds” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,547
- “wind” frequency rank
- #4,998
- “winds” frequency rank
- 6545
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | wind | winds |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure. | plural of wind |
Where the eye mixes wind and winds
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. wind (/ˈwɪnd/) and winds (/wɪndz/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “wind” sits inside “winds”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6545, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
wind is recorded at frequency rank #1,547, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈwɪnd/. winds is at rank #4,998, tagged as anoun, pronounced /wɪndz/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 6545, this pair ranks #510,994 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of wind vs winds
Shared letters: dinw. Private to "wind": -. Private to "winds": s.
"wind" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "winds" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC