wing

\wɪŋ\

/\wɪŋ\/ noun

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The verdict

“wing” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,857. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,857
frequency rank, French
549
“W” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aile (d’un avion, d’un oiseau, d’un insecte…).

Corpus desk

Index FR-wing · wing · French

wing · rank #25,857 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,857
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 549
  • PHOTO-FINISH winchester

Nearest frequency peer: winchester (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « wing »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « wing » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

wing vs won
50% similar
wing vs with
50% similar
wing vs Wong
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for wing
PropertyValue
Headwordwing
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\wɪŋ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#25,857
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « wing »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).wingse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « winchester » (#25,856), « wish » (#25,858), « Webb » (#25,855). Parmi 549 lemmes en « W », « wing » est au #25,857. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around wing (IPA \wɪŋ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,857 among 549 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for wing, with forms such as "iwng", "wign", and "wingg". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "won", "with", "Wong", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is wing, spelled W-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Aile (d’un avion, d’un oiseau, d’un insecte…).
  2. 2
    Aile.
  3. 3
    Formation militaire de l’armée de l’air britannique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how wing appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The wings of this plane come from Great Britain.

Synonyms

fender

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • iwng
  • wign
  • wingg
  • winng
  • wnig
  • wwing

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of wing - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

iwng2wign2wingg1winng1wnig2wwing1
Edit distance from "wing"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "wing"?
"wing" is spelled W-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is \wɪŋ\.
What does "wing" mean?
As a noun, "wing" means: Aile (d’un avion, d’un oiseau, d’un insecte…).
What words are commonly confused with "wing"?
"wing" is commonly confused with "won", "with", "Wong". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "wing"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wing" is \wɪŋ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "wing" come from?
"wing" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "wing", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

wish#25,858Webb#25,855Agde#25,875TITO#25,837

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

youpi6 variantsabbés6 variantsaigus6 variantsBahia6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list