swallowing

verb

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"swallowing" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“swallowing” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #18,201. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,201
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of swallow

Corpus desk

Index EN-swallowing · swallowing · English

swallowing · rank #18,201 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,201
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH surveyor

Nearest frequency peer: surveyor (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “swallowing”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “swallowing” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for swallowing
PropertyValue
Headwordswallowing
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters10
Frequency rank#18,201
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “swallowing”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).swallowinglands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “surveyor” (#18,200), “tailed” (#18,202), “supplementary” (#18,199). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “swallowing” is #18,201. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around swallowing, averb. Corpus frequency is #18,201 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of swallow".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for swallowing, with forms such as "sawllowing", "sswallowing", and "swalloiwng". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Middle English swolwynge; by surface analysis, swallow + -ing. The correct English form is swallowing, spelled S-W-A-L-L-O-W-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of swallow

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English swolwynge; by surface analysis, swallow + -ing.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sawllowing
  • sswallowing
  • swalloiwng
  • swallowign
  • swallowingg
  • swallowinng
  • swallownig
  • swallowwing
  • swallwoing
  • swalolwing
  • swalowing
  • swlalowing
  • swwallowing
  • wsallowing

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of swallowing - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

sawllowing2sswallowing1swalloiwng2swallowign2swallowingg1swallowinng1swallownig2swallowwing1
Edit distance from "swallowing"

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 "swallowing"?
"swallowing" is spelled S-W-A-L-L-O-W-I-N-G.
What does "swallowing" mean?
As a verb, "swallowing" means: present participle and gerund of swallow
What are common misspellings of "swallowing"?
Common misspellings include "sawllowing", "sswallowing", "swalloiwng", "swallowign", "swallowingg". The correct spelling is "swallowing".
What is the origin of the word "swallowing"?
Inherited from Middle English swolwynge; by surface analysis, swallow + -ing. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "swallowing", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list