swimming pool
/ˈswɪmɪŋ ˌpuːl/
"swimming-pool" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“swimming pool” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A pool of water used for swimming, usually one which has been artificially constructed.
Corpus desk
Index EN-swimming-pool · swimming pool · English
swimming pool · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | swimming pool |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈswɪmɪŋ ˌpuːl/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “swimming pool” in English
Rare enough to double-check
swimming pool is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈswɪmɪŋ ˌpuːl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A pool of water used for swimming, usually one which has been artificially constructed.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for swimming pool, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is swimming pool, spelled S-W-I-M-M-I-N-G- -P-O-O-L.
Definition
- 1A pool of water used for swimming, usually one which has been artificially constructed.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how swimming pool appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He was chilling out with his girlfriend in the swimming pool.
Fortunately, a waterfall thrums down the nearby mountains and forms a natural swimming pool at the entrance.
This word in other languages
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.