Windex
"windex" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Windex” is uncommon English (frequency #67,173 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,173
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - A window cleaner containing detergent and ammonia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-windex · Windex · English
Windex · rank #67,173 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,173
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH widener
Nearest frequency peer: widener (-3 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Windex”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- wheatgrass
wheatgrass
32,833 corpus weight
- Whitford
Whitford
32,832 corpus weight
- widener
widener
32,831 corpus weight
- Windex
Windex
32,828 corpus weight
- Wofford
Wofford
32,825 corpus weight
- Wogan
Wogan
32,824 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Windex” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Windex |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #67,173 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Windex” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Windex is uncommon English at frequency #67,173 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A window cleaner containing detergent and ammonia.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Windex 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 trade name, derived from window. The correct English form is Windex, spelled W-I-N-D-E-X.
Definition
- 1A window cleaner containing detergent and ammonia.
Etymology
From a trade name, derived from window.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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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.