windstorm
/ˈwɪndstɔː(ɹ)m/
"windstorm" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“windstorm” is uncommon English (frequency #66,408 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,408
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A storm in which there are strong, violent winds but no precipitation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-windstorm · windstorm · English
windstorm · rank #66,408 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,408
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH willies
Nearest frequency peer: willies (-1 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.
Long-tail ranks near “windstorm”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- willies
willies
33,594 corpus weight
- windstorm
windstorm
33,593 corpus weight
- Wolseley
Wolseley
33,590 corpus weight
- workup
workup
33,589 corpus weight
- workwear
workwear
33,588 corpus weight
- wyvern
wyvern
33,587 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “windstorm” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | windstorm |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈwɪndstɔː(ɹ)m/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #66,408 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “windstorm” in English
Rare enough to double-check
windstorm is uncommon English at frequency #66,408 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈwɪndstɔː(ɹ)m/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A storm in which there are strong, violent winds but no precipitation.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for windstorm, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From wind + storm. The correct English form is windstorm, spelled W-I-N-D-S-T-O-R-M.
Definition
- 1A storm in which there are strong, violent winds but no precipitation.
Etymology
From wind + storm.
This word in other languages
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).