Swaine
"swaine" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Swaine” is uncommon English (frequency #97,606 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,606
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-swaine · Swaine · English
Swaine · rank #97,606 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,606
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH swayamsevak
Nearest frequency peer: swayamsevak (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “Swaine”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- sunn
sunn
2,400 corpus weight
- sunshade
sunshade
2,399 corpus weight
- Swaine
Swaine
2,395 corpus weight
- swayamsevak
swayamsevak
2,394 corpus weight
- sweepstake
sweepstake
2,393 corpus weight
- sylph
sylph
2,390 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Swaine” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Swaine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #97,606 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Swaine” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Swaine is uncommon English at frequency #97,606 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
Swaine has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Variant spelling of Swain. The correct English form is Swaine, spelled S-W-A-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1A surname.
Etymology
Variant spelling of Swain.
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.
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