winters

/\ˈwɪntə(ɹ)z\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#45,383

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

winters is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pluriel de winter. Pronounced \ˈwɪntə(ɹ)z\. Often confused with Winter and waters.

Key facts for winters
PropertyValue
Headwordwinters
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈwɪntə(ɹ)z\
Letters7
Frequency rank#45,383
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of winters in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for winters is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈwɪntə(ɹ)z\. Corpus data places it at rank #45,383 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de winter.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for winters, with forms such as "iwnters", "winetrs", and "winnters". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Winter", "waters", "winner", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is winters, spelled W-I-N-T-E-R-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de winter.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: iwnters,winetrs,winnters,winterrs,winterss,wintesr,wintres,wintters,witners,wniters,wwinters

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for winters

Misspelling Variants of "winters"

iwnters7winetrs7winnters8winterrs8winterss8wintesr7wintres7wintters8
Misspelling Variants of "winters"

Frequency rank: #45,383 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "winters"?
"winters" is spelled W-I-N-T-E-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈwɪntə(ɹ)z\.
What does "winters" mean?
As a noun, "winters" means: Pluriel de winter.
What words are commonly confused with "winters"?
"winters" is commonly confused with "Winter", "waters", "winner". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "winters"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "winters" is \ˈwɪntə(ɹ)z\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "winters" come from?
"winters" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.