winning

\ˈwɪn.ɪŋ\

/\ˈwɪn.ɪŋ\/ adj

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The verdict

“winning” is uncommon French (frequency #89,309 among 549 “W” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,309
frequency rank, French
549
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gagnant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-winning · winning · French

winning · rank #89,309 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,309
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 549
  • PHOTO-FINISH windy

Nearest frequency peer: windy (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « winning »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « winning » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for winning
PropertyValue
Headwordwinning
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ˈwɪn.ɪŋ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#89,309
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « winning » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.winningtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « windy » (#89,308), « wisdom » (#89,310), « wives » (#89,311). Parmi 549 lemmes en « W », « winning » est au #89,309. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

winning is uncommon French at frequency #89,309 among 549 “W” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈwɪn.ɪŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gagnant.".

winning doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is winning, spelled W-I-N-N-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gagnant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Who has the winning number?

Antonyms

losing

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 "winning"?
"winning" is spelled W-I-N-N-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈwɪn.ɪŋ\.
What does "winning" mean?
As an adjective, "winning" means: Gagnant.
How do you pronounce "winning"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "winning" is \ˈwɪn.ɪŋ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "winning" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vicious#89,296éhontés#89,327éliront#89,329élision#89,330

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list