winepress
"winepress" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“winepress” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A press used to extract juice from grapes as the first step of winemaking.
Corpus desk
Index EN-winepress · winepress · English
winepress · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | winepress |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “winepress” in English
Rare enough to double-check
winepress is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A press used to extract juice from grapes as the first step of winemaking.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for winepress, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English wyne-presse, equivalent to wine + press. The correct English form is winepress, spelled W-I-N-E-P-R-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1A press used to extract juice from grapes as the first step of winemaking.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how winepress appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Which make oyle within their walles, and tread their winepreſſes, and ſuffer thirſt.
And the Angel thruſt in his ſickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, & cast it into the great winepreſſe of the wrath of God.
Etymology
From Middle English wyne-presse, equivalent to wine + press.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.