winged
/wɪŋɪd/adjective, verb
winged is spelled W-I-N-G-E-D: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,228th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, winged means “Having wings” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in winged?
| Letters | 6: W-I-N-G-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.8 times per million words; the 16,228th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is winged?
Winged appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,228th 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).
How do you pronounce winged?
- /wɪŋɪd/
- /wɪŋd/
As a verb: /wɪŋd/.
As a verb: /wɪnd͡ʒd/.
Winged has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-winged1.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-winged2.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-winged3.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with winged?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as winged.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: dewing.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of winged
- wingèd
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does winged mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having wings.
- 2
Having wings of a specified kind.
weak-winged
- 3
Having the specified number of wings.
The six-winged Seraphim are the angels closest to God.
- 4
Flying or soaring as if on wings.
- 5
Swift.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of wing
- 2
simple past and past participle of winge
adjective
- 1
Alternative spelling of winged.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Winged in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense having wings:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does winged come from?
From Middle English winged, wenged (“having wings”), past participle of wingen, from the noun winge, wenge.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).