# Swedish

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈswiː.dɪʃ/ · frequency rank #5,088

## Definitions
1. The language of Sweden and Åland (an autonomous part of Finland). Swedish is also one of the two official languages of Finland, spoken by 6% of the citizens. A very small minority in Estonia has Swedish as their mother tongue.

## Etymology
From Swede + -ish. Cognate with Dutch Zweeds, German Schwedisch.

## Easily confused with
- **swish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swedish-vs-swish)

## Common misspellings (11)
`sewdish`, `sswedish`, `swdeish`, `sweddish`, `swedihs`, `swedishh`, `swedissh`, `swedsih`, `sweidsh`, `swwedish`, `wsedish`

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