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windproof

adjective, verb

windproof is spelled W-I-N-D-P-R-O-O-F: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 105,204th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, windproof means “Providing protection from the wind” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in windproof?

Letters9: W-I-N-D-P-R-O-O-F
In writingabout once in every 12 million words; the 105,204th 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 windproof?

Windproof appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 105,204th 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 windproof

  • more windproof comparative
  • most windproof superlative
  • windproofs present, singular, he/she/it
  • windproofing participle, present
  • windproofed participle, past

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

What does windproof mean?

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

adjective

  1. 1

    Providing protection from the wind.

verb

  1. 1

    To make resistant to the wind.

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

Where does windproof come from?

From wind + -proof.

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

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