woundwort
"woundwort" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“woundwort” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of several plants formerly used in poultices for wounds.
Corpus desk
Index EN-woundwort · woundwort · English
woundwort · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | woundwort |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “woundwort” in English
Rare enough to double-check
woundwort is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for woundwort in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From wound + wort. The correct English form is woundwort, spelled W-O-U-N-D-W-O-R-T.
Definition
- 1Any of several plants formerly used in poultices for wounds.
- 2Any of several plants formerly used in poultices for wounds.
- 3Any of several plants formerly used in poultices for wounds.
- 4Any of several plants formerly used in poultices for wounds.
- 5Any of several plants formerly used in poultices for wounds.
- 6Any of several plants formerly used in poultices for wounds.
Etymology
From wound + wort.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.