woon
"woon" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“woon” is uncommon English (frequency #64,132 among 1,759 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,132
- frequency rank, English
- 1,759
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A Burmese governor or officer of administration.
Corpus desk
Index EN-woon · woon · English
woon · rank #64,132 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,132
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,759
- PHOTO-FINISH witching
Nearest frequency peer: witching (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “woon”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Wikia
Wikia
35,872 corpus weight
- Winterbottom
Winterbottom
35,871 corpus weight
- witching
witching
35,870 corpus weight
- woon
woon
35,869 corpus weight
- Yael
Yael
35,864 corpus weight
- yapping
yapping
35,863 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “woon” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | woon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #64,132 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “woon” in English
Rare enough to double-check
woon is uncommon English at frequency #64,132 among 1,759 “W” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A Burmese governor or officer of administration.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for woon in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Burmese ဝန် (wan, “burden; responsibility; administrative officer”). The correct English form is woon, spelled W-O-O-N.
Definition
- 1A Burmese governor or officer of administration.
Etymology
Borrowed from Burmese ဝန် (wan, “burden; responsibility; administrative officer”).
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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