swept
/swɛpt/adjective, verb
swept is spelled S-W-E-P-T: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 8.7 times per million words in written English, the 7,797th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, swept means “Cleared of mines (explosive devices)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in swept?
| Letters | 5: S-W-E-P-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 8.7 times per million words; the 7,797th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 swept?
Swept appears 8.7 times per million words in written English, the 7,797th 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 swept?
- US /swɛpt/
- Australia /swept/
Swept has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Pvanp7-swept.wav, En-us-swept.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with swept?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as swept from its last stressed vowel (/ɛpt/):
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).
What does swept mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Cleared of mines (explosive devices).
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of sweep
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).