swart
/ˈswɔɹt/adjective, noun, verb
swart is spelled S-W-A-R-T: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 78,613th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, swart means “Of a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in swart?
| Letters | 5: S-W-A-R-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 78,613th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is swart?
Swart appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 78,613th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce swart?
- UK /ˈswɔːt/
- US /ˈswɔɹt/
Swart has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-swart.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with swart?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as swart from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹt/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: straw.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of swart
- swarter comparative
- swartest superlative
- swarts present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- swarting participle, present
- swarted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does swart mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of a dark hue; moderately black; swarthy; tawny.
1400s: Thomas Occleve, Hymns to the Virgin Men schalle then sone se / Att mydday hytt shalle swarte be
- 2
UKBlack.
- 3
obsoleteGloomy; malignant.
noun
- 1
UKBlack or dark dyestuff.
- 2
IrelandVariant of swath.
verb
- 1
To make swart or tawny; blacken; tan.
to swart a living part
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does swart come from?
From Middle English swart, from Old English sweart, from Proto-West Germanic *swart, from Proto-Germanic *swartaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swerd-. Doublet of Schwarz.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).