white wine
"white-wine" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“white wine” 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) - Light-colored wine (usually yellow with a hint of green but not pink).
Corpus desk
Index EN-white-wine · white wine · English
white wine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" 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 | white wine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “white wine” in English
Rare enough to double-check
white wine is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for white wine, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English white wyn, whit win. The correct English form is white wine, spelled W-H-I-T-E- -W-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Light-colored wine (usually yellow with a hint of green but not pink).
- 2Gin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how white wine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In contrast to making red wine, the juice for white wine is fermented without the skins and seeds.
Jack Randall then impatient rose, / And said, ‘Tom's speech were just as fine / If he would call that first of goes / By that genteeler name—white wine.'
Etymology
From Middle English white wyn, whit win.
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.