windbreaker
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "windbreaker", 11-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Wiktionary, and usage frequency ranked against an open word-frequency list covering the top 100,000 English words. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "windbreaker" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "windbreaker" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
The verdict
“windbreaker” is an uncommon English word, ranked #67,957 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #67,957
- frequency rank, English
- 11
- letters
Dominant Wiktionary sense: A thin outer coat designed to resist wind chill and light rain.
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|---|---|
| Headword | windbreaker |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈwɪndbɹeɪkə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #67,957 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “windbreaker” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for windbreaker is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈwɪndbɹeɪkə(ɹ)/. Corpus data places it at rank #67,957 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A thin outer coat designed to resist wind chill and light rain.".
No misspelling variants are generated for windbreaker in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From a trademark of the John Rissman company; wind + breaker. Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is windbreaker, spelled W-I-N-D-B-R-E-A-K-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1A thin outer coat designed to resist wind chill and light rain.
Etymology
From a trademark of the John Rissman company; wind + breaker.
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Frequency rank: #67,957 in English
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Using “windbreaker”
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- The one correct English spelling is W-I-N-D-B-R-E-A-K-E-R — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈwɪndbɹeɪkə(ɹ)/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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