whinge
/(h)wɪnd͡ʒ/verb, noun
whinge is spelled W-H-I-N-G-E: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,913th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, whinge means “To whine; to complain, especially in an annoying or persistent manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in whinge?
| Letters | 6: W-H-I-N-G-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 65,913th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is whinge?
Whinge appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,913th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce whinge?
- /(h)wɪnd͡ʒ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-whinge.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-I_learned_some_phrases-whinge.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with whinge?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as whinge.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: hewing.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of whinge
- whinges present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- whingeing participle, present
- whinging participle, present
- whinged participle, past
- winge
- quhynge
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does whinge mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
CommonwealthIrelandUKTo whine; to complain, especially in an annoying or persistent manner.
Argh! He has been whinging about it all night, even though he knows there's nothing we can do.
noun
- 1
AustraliaIrelandUKA cry.
Her whinges grew even shriller and more annoying the longer we had to listen to them.
- 2
AustraliaIrelandUKA peevish complaint.
I know you don't like it, but your whinges won't solve the problem!
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Whinge in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to complain or protest:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does whinge come from?
From a northern variant of Old English hwinsian (“to whine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwinisōn (“to whine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwīnan (“to whine”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwey- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”). Cognate with German winseln (“to whine, whimper”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).