# winged

> English word · Adjective · IPA /wɪŋɪd/ · frequency rank #16,387

## Definitions
1. Having wings.
2. Having wings.
3. Having wings.
4. Flying or soaring as if on wings.
5. Swift.

## Etymology
From Middle English winged, wenged (“having wings”), past participle of wingen, from the noun winge, wenge.

## Easily confused with
- **wings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winged-vs-wings)
- **wiped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winged-vs-wiped)
- **wired** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winged-vs-wired)
- **winter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winged-vs-winter)
- **winner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winged-vs-winner)
- **wished** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winged-vs-wished)
- **winger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winged-vs-winger)
- **witted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winged-vs-witted)
- **winked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winged-vs-winked)
- **wronged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winged-vs-wronged)
- **wind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wind-vs-winged)
- **wine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wine-vs-winged)
- **wing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wing-vs-winged)
- **wines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wines-vs-winged)
- **waged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waged-vs-winged)
- **wince** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wince-vs-winged)
- **wanted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wanted-vs-winged)
- **wicked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wicked-vs-winged)
- **willed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/willed-vs-winged)
- **widget** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/widget-vs-winged)

## Common misspellings (9)
`iwnged`, `wigned`, `winegd`, `wingde`, `wingedd`, `wingged`, `winnged`, `wniged`, `wwinged`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/winged