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woundwort

noun

woundwort is spelled W-O-U-N-D-W-O-R-T: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, woundwort means “Any of several plants of the genus Stachys” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of woundwort is woundworts.

How many letters and syllables are in woundwort?

Letters9: W-O-U-N-D-W-O-R-T
In writingabout once in every 69 million words; the 262,293rd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is woundwort?

Woundwort appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Forms of woundwort

  • woundworts plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does woundwort mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    Any of several plants of the genus Stachys

  2. 2

    Achillea millefolium (soldier's woundwort)

  3. 3

    Anthyllis vulneraria (kidney vetch)

  4. 4

    Solidago virgaurea (European golden-rod)

  5. 5

    Bellis perennis (English daisy)

  6. 6

    Prunella vulgaris (common self-heal)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Woundwort in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
GermanBerufskraut, Berufkraut, Wundkraut (any of several plants formerly used for wounds), Heilziest, Gliedkraut (genus Stachys)
Frenchépiaire (genus Stachys)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does woundwort come from?

From wound + wort.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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