windswept
"windswept" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“windswept” is uncommon English (frequency #57,176 among 12,113 “W” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,176
- frequency rank, English
- 12,113
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Exposed to the winds.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | windswept |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #57,176 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “windswept” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
windswept is uncommon English at frequency #57,176 among 12,113 “W” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Exposed to the winds.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for windswept in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From wind + swept. The correct English form is windswept, spelled W-I-N-D-S-W-E-P-T.
Definition
- 1Exposed to the winds.
Etymology
From wind + swept.
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 “windswept”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is W-I-N-D-S-W-E-P-T - 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.