swinging
/ˈswɪŋɪŋ/
"swinging" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“swinging” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #9,830. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,830
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act or motion of that which swings.
Corpus desk
Index EN-swinging · swinging · English
swinging · rank #9,830 · 13 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,830
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH sweeping
Nearest frequency peer: sweeping (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “swinging”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- surround
surround
90,174 corpus weight
- surroundings
surroundings
90,173 corpus weight
- sweeping
sweeping
90,172 corpus weight
- swinging
swinging
90,171 corpus weight
- tearing
tearing
90,170 corpus weight
- traumatic
traumatic
90,169 corpus weight
What this shows “swinging” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | swinging |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈswɪŋɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #9,830 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “swinging”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around swinging (IPA /ˈswɪŋɪŋ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,830 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for swinging, with forms such as "siwnging", "sswinging", and "swigning". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "swirling", "singing", "shining", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: The sexual practice is so called after the custom in swing dancing of changing partners after each dance, unlike traditional ballroom dance styles where one has a single partner. The correct English form is swinging, spelled S-W-I-N-G-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1The act or motion of that which swings.
- 2An activity where couples engage in sexual activity with different partners, often in a group setting.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how swinging appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mr. Henderson's chief trouble seems to be that he cannot forget his old shiftiness of views and his pendulum-like swingings between Liberalism and Independent Labourism[…]
Then one night in bed, Simon gently suggested swinging. I was resistant to it, but I thought Simon might leave me if I said no. I agreed to it for him, for our relationship.
Etymology
The sexual practice is so called after the custom in swing dancing of changing partners after each dance, unlike traditional ballroom dance styles where one has a single partner.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- siwnging
- sswinging
- swigning
- swingging
- swingign
- swingingg
- swinginng
- swingnig
- swinigng
- swinnging
- swniging
- swwinging
- wsinging
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of swinging - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "swinging", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).