swing door
"swing-door" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“swing door” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A door that is opened by either pushing or pulling from either side (i.e. opens both ways) and is not normally capable of being locked.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | swing door |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “swing door” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
swing door is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A door that is opened by either pushing or pulling from either side (i.e. opens both ways) and is not normally capable of being locked.".
No misspelling variants are generated for swing door in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is swing door, spelled S-W-I-N-G- -D-O-O-R.
Definition
- 1A door that is opened by either pushing or pulling from either side (i.e. opens both ways) and is not normally capable of being locked.
Synonyms
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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 “swing door”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-W-I-N-G- -D-O-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.