swill-pot
"swill-pot" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“swill-pot” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A drunkard.
Corpus desk
Index EN-swill-pot · swill-pot · English
swill-pot · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | swill-pot |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “swill-pot” in English
Rare enough to double-check
swill-pot is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A drunkard.".
swill-pot doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From swill + pot. The correct English form is swill-pot, spelled S-W-I-L-L---P-O-T.
Definition
- 1A drunkard.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how swill-pot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But, said he, what doth that part of our army in the meantime which overthrows that unworthy swillpot Grangousier?
Look you, ye hang-dog! You ſhall caſt flections on me and my ways! You ſhall, ye ſwill-pot!
Etymology
From swill + pot.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.