# Swann

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #26,620

## Definitions
1. A surname transferred from the nickname.
2. An unincorporated community in Cabell County, West Virginia, United States.

## Etymology
Variant of Swan.

## Easily confused with
- **swap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swann-vs-swap)
- **sway** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swann-vs-sway)
- **SWAT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swann-vs-swat)
- **swing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swann-vs-swing)
- **sworn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swann-vs-sworn)
- **swung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swann-vs-swung)
- **swine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swann-vs-swine)
- **swarm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swann-vs-swarm)
- **swoon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swann-vs-swoon)
- **swath** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swann-vs-swath)
- **Swanson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swann-vs-swanson)
- **san** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/san-vs-swann)
- **sand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sand-vs-swann)
- **sean** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sean-vs-swann)
- **sang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sang-vs-swann)
- **scan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scan-vs-swann)
- **span** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/span-vs-swann)
- **stan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stan-vs-swann)
- **swan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swan-vs-swann)
- **sank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sank-vs-swann)

## Common misspellings (5)
`sawnn`, `sswann`, `swnan`, `swwann`, `wsann`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/swann