swiftie
Swift·ie/ˈswɪfti/noun
swiftie is spelled S-W-I-F-T-I-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables (Swift·ie). It appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, swiftie means “Someone or something that moves, acts or thinks fast” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of swiftie is swifties.
How many letters and syllables are in swiftie?
| Letters | 7: S-W-I-F-T-I-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: Swift·ie |
| In writing | about once in every 49 million words; the 217,360th 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 swiftie?
Swiftie appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th 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 swiftie?
- UK /ˈswɪfti/
Swiftie has 2 syllables, split Swift·ie in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Swiftie.wav, En-au-Swiftie.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with swiftie?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as swiftie from its last stressed vowel (/ɪfti/):
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 swiftie
- swifties plural
- swifty
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does swiftie mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
informalSomeone or something that moves, acts or thinks fast.
- 2
IrelandUKinformalAn alcoholic drink that is consumed quickly.
Near-synonym: swift half
- 3
AustraliaslangA fraud or trick; an act of deception.
- 4
Ellipsis of Tom Swiftie.
noun
- 1
informalAn enthusiastic fan of American singer-songwriter and actress Taylor Swift.
“RED” makes you think of Taylor Swift, so maybe we can get some confused Swifties to buy our album.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does swiftie come from?
From swift + -ie.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).