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“winds” and “wings” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,998
- “winds” frequency rank
- #3,404
- “wings” frequency rank
- 8402
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | winds | wings |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of wind | plural of wing |
Where the eye mixes winds and wings
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: winds vs wings
A purely visual mix-up. winds (/wɪndz/) and wings (/wɪŋz/) 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 a single letter - d in “winds” becomes g in “wings”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8402, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
winds is recorded at frequency rank #4,998, classified as anoun, pronounced /wɪndz/. wings is at rank #3,404, tagged as anoun, pronounced /wɪŋz/.
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 8402, this pair ranks #502,674 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of winds vs wings
Shared letters: insw. Private to "winds": d. Private to "wings": g.
"winds" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "wings" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "winds" and "wings" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "winds" or "wings" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "winds" and "wings" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "winds" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "wings" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #502,674 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "winds" and "wings" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "wince vs winds". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #502,674 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.