Which to use
“Wind” and “wood” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,224
- “Wind” frequency rank
- #17,040
- “wood” frequency rank
- 43264
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Wind | wood |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Vent. | Bois, substance dure et fibreuse des arbres. |
Where the eye mixes Wind and wood
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. Wind (CVCC) and wood (CVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: Wind vs wood
A purely visual mix-up. Wind (\vɪnt\) and wood (\wʊd\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43264, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Wind is recorded at frequency rank #26,224, classified as anoun, pronounced \vɪnt\. wood is at rank #17,040, tagged as anoun, pronounced \wʊd\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 43264, this pair ranks #219,437 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Wind vs wood
Shared letters: dw. Private to "Wind": in. Private to "wood": o.
"Wind" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "wood" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Wind" and "wood" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "Wind" vs "wood" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "Wind" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "wood" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #219,437 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Wind" and "wood" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Wind vs wink". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #219,437 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.