CSW

Name: CSW, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“CSW” is uncommon English (frequency #92,502 among 43,570 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,502
frequency rank, English: 43,570
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The station code of Cheung Sha Wan in Hong Kong.

Key facts for CSW
Property	Value
Headword	CSW
Language	English
Part of speech	Proper noun
Letters	3
Frequency rank	#92,502
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “CSW” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). CSW lands here:

#92,502

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

CSW is uncommon English at frequency #92,502 among 43,570 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for CSW in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: Abbreviation. The SOWPODS synonym derives from "Collins Scrabble Words". The correct English form is CSW, spelled C-S-W.

Definition

1
The station code of Cheung Sha Wan in Hong Kong.
2
Synonym of SOWPODS.

Etymology

Abbreviation. The SOWPODS synonym derives from "Collins Scrabble Words".

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "CSW"?

"CSW" is spelled C-S-W.

What does "CSW" mean?

As a proper noun, "CSW" means: The station code of Cheung Sha Wan in Hong Kong.

What is the origin of the word "CSW"?

Abbreviation. The SOWPODS synonym derives from "Collins Scrabble Words". See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Using “CSW”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct English spelling is C-S-W - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.