# winner

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈwɪnə/ · frequency rank #1,681

## Definitions
1. One who has won or often wins.
2. A point or goal that wins a competition.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English wynner, wynnere, equivalent to win + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Winner (“winner”), West Frisian winner (“winner”), Dutch winner and winnaar (“winner”), German Low German Winner, Gewinner (“winner”), German Gewinner (“winner”), Danish vinder (“winner”), Swedish vinnare (“winner”), Norwegian vinner (“winner”).

## Easily confused with
- **wiser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winner-vs-wiser)
- **Wynne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winner-vs-wynne)
- **wiper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winner-vs-wiper)
- **wonder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winner-vs-wonder)
- **winter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winner-vs-winter)
- **Winnie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winner-vs-winnie)
- **wither** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winner-vs-wither)
- **winters** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winner-vs-winters)
- **wine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wine-vs-winner)
- **Winn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winn-vs-winner)
- **wider** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wider-vs-winner)
- **wines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wines-vs-winner)
- **wince** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wince-vs-winner)
- **Warner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warner-vs-winner)
- **Wagner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wagner-vs-winner)
- **wander** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wander-vs-winner)
- **winger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winger-vs-winner)
- **winged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winged-vs-winner)
- **wilder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wilder-vs-winner)
- **winery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/winery-vs-winner)

## Common misspellings (7)
`iwnner`, `winenr`, `winer`, `winnerr`, `winnre`, `wniner`, `wwinner`

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