east wind
/ˈiːst wɪnd/
"east-wind" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“east wind” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A wind blowing from the east.
Corpus desk
Index EN-east-wind · east wind · English
east wind · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | east wind |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈiːst wɪnd/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “east wind” in English
Rare enough to double-check
east wind is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈiːst wɪnd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A wind blowing from the east.".
east wind doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. 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.
Etymologically, the entry records: east + wind. The correct English form is east wind, spelled E-A-S-T- -W-I-N-D.
Definition
- 1A wind blowing from the east.
Etymology
east + wind.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.