redwing
"redwing" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“redwing” is uncommon English (frequency #94,181 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,181
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A small thrush, Turdus iliacus, native to Eurasia, with a white eye stripe and red under-wing feathers.
Corpus desk
Index EN-redwing · redwing · English
redwing · rank #94,181 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,181
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH redrew
Nearest frequency peer: redrew (-2 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 “redwing”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- rebook
rebook
5,827 corpus weight
- reddening
reddening
5,826 corpus weight
- redrew
redrew
5,822 corpus weight
- redwing
redwing
5,820 corpus weight
- remapping
remapping
5,817 corpus weight
- rencontre
rencontre
5,816 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “redwing” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | redwing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #94,181 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “redwing” in English
Rare enough to double-check
redwing is uncommon English at frequency #94,181 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A small thrush, Turdus iliacus, native to Eurasia, with a white eye stripe and red under-wing feathers.".
redwing has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From red + wing. The correct English form is redwing, spelled R-E-D-W-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1A small thrush, Turdus iliacus, native to Eurasia, with a white eye stripe and red under-wing feathers.
Etymology
From red + wing.
Synonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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