wide vs wind, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“wide” is an adjective and “wind” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#11,980
“wide” frequency rank: #22,191
“wind” frequency rank: 34171
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	wide	wind
Definition	largo	vento

Letter map: wide vs wind

Shared letters muted; letters that set wide and wind apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch

wide

4 ch

wind

Grammar separator: wide vs wind

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: wide is anadjective and windanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34171, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

wide is recorded at frequency rank #11,980, classified as anadj, pronounced /waɪd/, /wɑed/ (Austrália). wind is at rank #22,191, tagged as anoun.

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 34171, this pair ranks #33,174 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of wide vs wind

Shared letters: diw. Private to "wide": e. Private to "wind": n.

"wide" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "wind" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

wide ← iwde · wdie · widde · wied · wwide
wind ← iwnd · widn · windd · winnd · wnid · wwind

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "wide" for "wind" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "wide" is an adjective and "wind" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "wide" or "wind"?

"wide" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,980 in our Portuguese list, against #22,191 for "wind". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "wide" and "wind".

Full dictionary entry for "wide" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "wind" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #33,174 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"wide" and "wind" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "wind vs wir". 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 #33,174 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.