What is my Enneagram wing? Tests to help find your preferred wing
Your Enneagram wings are the types on either side of your basic type as seen on the Enneagram symbol (i.e., types 9 and 2 are the wings for type 1, types 1 and 3 are the wings for type 2, etc.).
While both wing types have an influence upon your basic type, one wing type will often have more of an influence than the other. This is often referred to as your preferred or dominant wing and is abbreviated with a "w" between the basic type and preferred wing (e.g., 1 with a 9-wing - abbreviated 1w9, 1 with a 2-wing - abbreviated 1w2, etc.).
Your preferred wing "flavors" your basic type in that it creates a specific variation of the type. For example, someone identifying as 1w9 will be similar to someone 1w2 because they are both type 1 but will also be different because of the influence from a different preferred wing.
There are generally two types of test results that can help you find your preferred wing.
Tests that explicitly suggest preferred wing
Some test results will not only suggest a basic type but a preferred wing as well.
Enneagram User Guide - Type with Wing Test- Interpretation(s): Enneagram User Guide
- Testing method: Forced-choice, Paragraphs
- Number of test items: 5
- Test results: Suggests type with wing
- Cost: Free to take the test
- Interpretation(s): enneagram-personality.com
- Testing method: Likert scale
- Number of test items: 72
- Test results: Score for each type
- Cost: Free to take the test
- Interpretation(s): Enneagram User Guide
- Testing method: Forced-choice
- Number of test items: Short version = 36, Long version = 108
- Test results: Score for each type, suggests basic type and all type variations except instinct
- Cost: Free to take the test
- Interpretation(s): Eclectic Energies
- Testing method: Likert scale
- Number of test items: 52
- Test results: Type, wing, and dominant instinct
- Cost: Free to take test
- Interpretation(s): Multiple Sampling
- Testing method: Likert scale
- Number of test items: 72
- Test results: Score for each type, suggests basic type and all type variations except instinct
- Cost: Free to take the test
- Interpretation(s): Eclectic Energies
- Testing method: Likert scale
- Number of test items: 123
- Test results: Type and wing, top 3 type scores
- Cost: Free to take test
- Interpretation(s): Enneagram User Guide
- Testing method: Likert scale
- Number of test items: 72
- Test results: Score for each type, suggests basic type and all type variations except instinct
- Cost: Free to take the test
*Unknown interpretations are where the test website has no type descriptions and the test itself makes no mention of which interpretation is being used.
Tests where preferred wing can be derived
Some tests may not explicitly suggest a preferred wing but the preferred wing can be derived from the results because the results display scores for all nine types.
People new to the Enneagram types sometimes assume the preferred wing will be the second highest scoring type on a test but the wings for a type can only be the types on either side of your basic type. When you have scores for all nine types you can find your preferred wing by comparing the scores of your two wing types to each other. The higher score will be your preferred wing.
Enneagram Institute - Riso-Hudson Type Indicator (RHETI)- Interpretation(s): Enneagram Institute
- Testing method: Forced-choice
- Number of test items: 144
- Test results: Score for each type
- Cost: Pay to take the test
- Interpretation(s): *Unknown
- Testing method: Likert scale
- Number of test items: 36
- Test results: Score for each type
- Cost: Free to take the test
- Interpretation(s): similarminds.com
- Testing method: Likert scale
- Number of test items: 131
- Test results: Score % for each type, instinctual stacking
- Cost: Free to take the test
- Interpretation(s): *Unknown
- Testing method: Multiple-choice
- Number of test items: 36
- Test results: Score % for types with a score
- Cost: Free to take
- Interpretation(s): similarminds.com
- Testing method: Likert scale
- Number of test items: 25
- Test results: Score % for each instinct
- Cost: Free to take the test
- Interpretation(s): Psycho Tests
- Testing method: Likert scale
- Number of test items: 45
- Test results: Score % for each type
- Cost: Free to take the test
- Interpretation(s): *Unknown
- Testing method: Likert scale
- Number of test items: 45
- Test results: Score for each type
- Cost: Free to take the test
- Interpretation(s): similarminds.com
- Testing method: Likert scale
- Number of test items: 45
- Test results: Score % for each type
- Cost: Free to take the test
- Interpretation(s): similarminds.com
- Testing method: Likert scale
- Number of test items: 60
- Test results: Score % for each type, instinctual stacking
- Cost: Free to take the test
- Interpretation(s): Personality Path
- Testing method: Likert scale
- Number of test items: 45
- Test results: Score for each type
- Cost: Free to take the test, pay for result
- Interpretation(s): enneagram-personality.com
- Testing method: Likert scale
- Number of test items: 72
- Test results: Score for each type
- Cost: Free to take the test
- Interpretation(s): Enneagram User Guide
- Testing method: Forced-choice
- Number of test items: Short version = 36, Long version = 108
- Test results: Score for each type, suggests basic type and all type variations except instinct
- Cost: Free to take the test
- Interpretation(s): Enneagram Institute
- Testing method: Forced-choice
- Number of test items: 36
- Test results: Score for each type
- Cost: Free to take the test
- Interpretation(s): Multiple Sampling
- Testing method: Likert scale
- Number of test items: 72
- Test results: Score for each type, suggests basic type and all type variations except instinct
- Cost: Free to take the test
- Interpretation(s): *Unknown
- Testing method: Likert scale
- Number of test items: 108
- Test results: Score % for each type
- Cost: Free to take the test
- Interpretation(s): Your Enneagram Coach
- Testing method: Likert scale, forced-choice
- Number of test items: 68
- Test results: Score % for each type
- Cost: Free to take the test
- Interpretation(s): Personality Data
- Testing method: Likert scale
- Number of test items: 48
- Test results: Score for each type
- Cost: Free to take the test
- Interpretation(s): Truity
- Testing method: Likert scale
- Number of test items: 105
- Test results: Score for each type, suggests basic type
- Cost: Free to take the test, pay for full results
- Interpretation(s): similarminds.com
- Testing method: Likert scale
- Number of test items: 102
- Test results: Myers-Briggs type, score % for each Enneagram type, instinctual stacking
- Cost: Free to take the test
- Interpretation(s): Enneagram User Guide
- Testing method: Likert scale
- Number of test items: 72
- Test results: Score for each type, suggests basic type and all type variations except instinct
- Cost: Free to take the test
*Unknown interpretations are where the test website has no type descriptions and the test itself makes no mention of which interpretation is being used.