windings
/ˈwaɪndɪŋz/
"windings" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“windings” is uncommon English (frequency #56,536 among 12,113 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,536
- frequency rank, English
- 12,113
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of winding
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | windings |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈwaɪndɪŋz/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #56,536 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “windings” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
windings is uncommon English at frequency #56,536 among 12,113 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈwaɪndɪŋz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of winding".
windings has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is windings, spelled W-I-N-D-I-N-G-S.
Definition
- 1plural of winding
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.
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Using “windings”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is W-I-N-D-I-N-G-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.