# wound

> English word · Noun · IPA /wuːnd/ · frequency rank #4,814

## Definitions
1. An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.
2. A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc.
3. An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken.

## Etymology
Noun from Middle English wund, from Old English wund, from Proto-Germanic *wundō. Verb from Middle English wunden, from Old English wundian, from Proto-Germanic *wundōną.

## Easily confused with
- **wounds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wound-vs-wounds)
- **wounded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wound-vs-wounded)
- **won** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/won-vs-wound)
- **word** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/word-vs-wound)
- **wind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wind-vs-wound)
- **wood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wood-vs-wound)
- **worn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worn-vs-wound)
- **wont** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wont-vs-wound)
- **wong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wong-vs-wound)
- **wand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wand-vs-wound)
- **wold** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wold-vs-wound)
- **would** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/would-vs-wound)
- **world** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/world-vs-wound)
- **woulda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woulda-vs-wound)

## Common misspellings (7)
`owund`, `wonud`, `woudn`, `woundd`, `wounnd`, `wuond`, `wwound`

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