windswept
"windswept" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“windswept” is uncommon English (frequency #57,176 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,176
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Exposed to the winds.
Corpus desk
Index EN-windswept · windswept · English
windswept · rank #57,176 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,176
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH Wilford
Nearest frequency peer: Wilford (-2 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 “windswept”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Weeden
Weeden
42,832 corpus weight
- weightlifter
weightlifter
42,831 corpus weight
- Westley
Westley
42,830 corpus weight
- Wilford
Wilford
42,827 corpus weight
- windswept
windswept
42,825 corpus weight
- wod
wod
42,822 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “windswept” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “windswept” in English
Rare enough to double-check
windswept is uncommon English at frequency #57,176 among 1,759 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how windswept appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
We struggled over the windswept moorland.
A noteworthy engineering feature on this line was the Owencarrow Viaduct, situated in one of the most windswept portions of the line. On January 30, 1925, a train was blown off the viaduct during a gale, and thereafter trains were prohibited from crossing when the wind exceeded a certain velocity.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).