swink
/swɪŋk/
"swink" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“swink” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Toil, work, drudgery.
Corpus desk
Index EN-swink · swink · English
swink · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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 | swink |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /swɪŋk/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “swink” in English
Rare enough to double-check
swink is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /swɪŋk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Toil, work, drudgery.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for swink, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English swink, from Old English swinc (“toil, work, effort; hardship; the produce of labour”). The correct English form is swink, spelled S-W-I-N-K.
Definition
- 1Toil, work, drudgery.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how swink appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dead on this homecoming cue Jack came home, his hands sheerfree of salesman’s swink, ready for Enderby.
Etymology
From Middle English swink, from Old English swinc (“toil, work, effort; hardship; the produce of labour”).
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.