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 May 6, 2026) - A pool of water used for swimming, usually one which has been artificially constructed.
| 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) |
Where “swimming pool” sits in English frequency
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.
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.
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Using “swimming pool”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-W-I-M-M-I-N-G- -P-O-O-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈswɪmɪŋ ˌpuːl/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.