batwing

noun

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"batwing" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“batwing” is uncommon English (frequency #86,050 among 4,121 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,050
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The wing of a bat, or its shape.

Corpus desk

Index EN-batwing · batwing · English

batwing · rank #86,050 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,050
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH bearskin

Nearest frequency peer: bearskin (+5 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Long-tail ranks near “batwing”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “batwing” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for batwing
PropertyValue
Headwordbatwing
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#86,050
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “batwing” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).batwingfalls in this rarity band:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “bearskin” (#86,055), “banting” (#86,044), “Becher” (#86,057). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “batwing” is #86,050. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

batwing is uncommon English at frequency #86,050 among 4,121 “B” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for batwing, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From bat + wing. The correct English form is batwing, spelled B-A-T-W-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    The wing of a bat, or its shape.
  2. 2
    Several South or Southeast Asian species of tailless dark swallowtail butterflies in the genus Atrophaneura.
  3. 3
    An area of flabby fat under a person's arms.
  4. 4
    A long sleeve with a deep armhole, tapering toward the wrist.
  5. 5
    One of a pair of swinging doors which typically do not lock nor cover the full vertical range of the doorway (leaving a large gap at the top and bottom), common especially in saloons.
  6. 6
    A heart-shaped rollercoaster feature with two inversions.
  7. 7
    An exercise or posture on the stomach wherein a dumbbell row or lateral raise is performed.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. The junk was nearer, beating in toward the island, her brown batwing sail suddenly tall and terribly conspicuous against the sky.
  2. His batwings were somehow more frightening for being the pathetic broken floundering things they were than if they had been strong, muscular beaters of the air.

Etymology

From bat + wing.

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "batwing"?
"batwing" is spelled B-A-T-W-I-N-G.
What does "batwing" mean?
As a noun, "batwing" means: The wing of a bat, or its shape.
What is the origin of the word "batwing"?
From bat + wing. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "batwing", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

banting#86,044Bampton#86,042Blighty#86,075Broglie#86,087

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list