soldier's woundwort

noun

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"soldier-s-woundwort" is a 17-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“soldier's woundwort” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
19
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Achillea millefolium or common yarrow, a flowering plant widespread in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, formerly and sometimes used to stanch the flow of blood.

Key facts for soldier's woundwort
PropertyValue
Headwordsoldier's woundwort
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “soldier's woundwort” sits in English frequency

soldier's woundwort falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

soldier's woundwort is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Achillea millefolium or common yarrow, a flowering plant widespread in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, formerly and sometimes used to stanch the flow of blood.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for soldier's woundwort in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is soldier's woundwort, spelled S-O-L-D-I-E-R-'-S- -W-O-U-N-D-W-O-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Achillea millefolium or common yarrow, a flowering plant widespread in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, formerly and sometimes used to stanch the flow of blood.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "soldier's woundwort"?
"soldier's woundwort" is spelled S-O-L-D-I-E-R-'-S- -W-O-U-N-D-W-O-R-T.
What does "soldier's woundwort" mean?
As a noun, "soldier's woundwort" means: Achillea millefolium or common yarrow, a flowering plant widespread in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, formerly and sometimes used to stanch the flow of blood.
What language does "soldier's woundwort" come from?
"soldier's woundwort" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “soldier's woundwort”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is S-O-L-D-I-E-R-'-S- -W-O-U-N-D-W-O-R-T - 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list