# swede

> English word · Noun · IPA /swiːd/ · frequency rank #27,305

## Definitions
1. The fleshy yellow root of a variety of rapeseed, Brassica napus var. napobrassica, resembling a large turnip, grown as a vegetable.
2. The plant from which this is obtained.
3. The turnip.
4. The head.

## Etymology
From the earlier term Swedish turnip, because the Swedes introduced the plant to the English in the 1700s.

## Easily confused with
- **sweet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swede-vs-sweet)
- **sweep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swede-vs-sweep)
- **swept** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swede-vs-swept)
- **swell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swede-vs-swell)
- **swipe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swede-vs-swipe)
- **swore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swede-vs-swore)
- **swine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swede-vs-swine)
- **Sweden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swede-vs-sweden)
- **swerve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swede-vs-swerve)
- **see** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/see-vs-swede)
- **sed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sed-vs-swede)
- **side** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/side-vs-swede)
- **seed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seed-vs-swede)
- **shed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shed-vs-swede)
- **sued** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sued-vs-swede)
- **sped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sped-vs-swede)
- **sled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sled-vs-swede)
- **sade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sade-vs-swede)
- **scene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scene-vs-swede)
- **Steve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steve-vs-swede)

## Common misspellings (7)
`sewde`, `sswede`, `swdee`, `swedde`, `sweed`, `swwede`, `wsede`

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