winter
/ˈwɪntə/
"winter" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“winter” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,380. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,380
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons, typically regarded as spanning either the period between the winter solstice to the spring equinox, or the months of December, January, and February in...
Corpus desk
Index EN-winter · winter · English
winter · rank #1,380 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,380
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH we'll
Nearest frequency peer: we'll (-1 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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “winter”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- spot
spot
98,624 corpus weight
- Texas
Texas
98,623 corpus weight
- we'll
we'll
98,622 corpus weight
- winter
winter
98,621 corpus weight
- worse
worse
98,620 corpus weight
- advice
advice
98,619 corpus weight
What this shows “winter” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | winter |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈwɪntə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,380 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “winter”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around winter (IPA /ˈwɪntə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,380 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for winter, with forms such as "iwnter", "winetr", and "winnter". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "wiser", "wiper", "wonder", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English winter, from Old English winter, from Proto-West Germanic *wintru, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz (“winter”). Cognate with West Frisian winter (“winter”), Dutch winter (“winter”), German Winter (“winter”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian vin… The correct English form is winter, spelled W-I-N-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Traditionally the fourth of the four seasons, typically regarded as spanning either the period between the winter solstice to the spring equinox, or the months of December, January, and February in temperate and polar regions of the Northern Hemisphere and the months of June, July, and August in the Southern Hemisphere. It is the time when the sun is lowest in the sky, resulting in short days, and the time of year with the lowest atmospheric temperatures for the region.
- 2The period of decay, old age, death, or the like.
- 3Someone with dark skin, eyes and hair, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
- 4An appliance to be fixed on the front of a grate, to keep a kettle warm, etc.
- 5The rainy season.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how winter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.
And after summer evermore succeeds Barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold.
Etymology
From Middle English winter, from Old English winter, from Proto-West Germanic *wintru, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz (“winter”). Cognate with West Frisian winter (“winter”), Dutch winter (“winter”), German Winter (“winter”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian vinter (“winter”), Icelandic vetur (“winter”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- iwnter
- winetr
- winnter
- winterr
- wintre
- wintter
- witner
- wniter
- wwinter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of winter - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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