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Windex

noun, verb

Windex is spelled W-I-N-D-E-X: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 66,686th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Windex means “A window cleaner containing detergent and ammonia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Windex is Windexes.

How many letters and syllables are in Windex?

Letters6: W-I-N-D-E-X
In writingabout once in every 5 million words; the 66,686th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

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).

How common is Windex?

Windex appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 66,686th 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).

Forms of Windex

  • Windexes present, singular, he/she/it, plural
  • Windexing participle, present
  • Windexed participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does Windex mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A window cleaner containing detergent and ammonia.

  2. 2

    An arrow-shaped indicator of wind direction installed in mast-top.

verb

  1. 1

    To clean (a glass surface) using a cleaning product of this kind.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does Windex come from?

From a trade name, derived from window.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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