north wind
/ˈnoɹθ wɪnd/
"north-wind" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“north 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
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A wind blowing from the north.
Corpus desk
Index EN-north-wind · north wind · English
north wind · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" 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 | north wind |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈnoɹθ wɪnd/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “north wind” in English
Rare enough to double-check
north wind is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈnoɹθ wɪnd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A wind blowing from the north.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for north wind, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old English norþwind, corresponding to north (originally an adjective) + wind. Compare Dutch noordwind, German Nordwind. The correct English form is north wind, spelled N-O-R-T-H- -W-I-N-D.
Definition
- 1A wind blowing from the north.
Etymology
From Old English norþwind, corresponding to north (originally an adjective) + wind. Compare Dutch noordwind, German Nordwind.
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.