port-wine stain
"port-wine-stain" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“port-wine stain” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Synonym of naevus flammeus.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | port-wine stain |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “port-wine stain” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
port-wine stain is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of naevus flammeus.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for port-wine stain, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is port-wine stain, spelled P-O-R-T---W-I-N-E- -S-T-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1Synonym of naevus flammeus.
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 “port-wine stain”
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- The one correct English spelling is P-O-R-T---W-I-N-E- -S-T-A-I-N - 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.