new wine
"new-wine" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“new wine” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Wine that has fermented for a short amount of time.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | new wine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “new wine” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
new wine is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for new wine in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English newe wijne, from Old English nīwe wīn, equivalent to new + wine. Name taken from several places in the Holy Bible, most notably Acts 2:13 and Luke 5:37. The correct English form is new wine, spelled N-E-W- -W-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Wine that has fermented for a short amount of time.
- 2A fresh batch of wine.
- 3Any number of Christian revivals and New Christian movements.
Etymology
From Middle English newe wijne, from Old English nīwe wīn, equivalent to new + wine. Name taken from several places in the Holy Bible, most notably Acts 2:13 and Luke 5:37.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “new wine”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is N-E-W- -W-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.