swipes

/swaɪps/

//swaɪps// verb

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"swipes" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“swipes” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #43,948. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,948
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - third-person singular simple present indicative of swipe

Corpus desk

Index EN-swipes · swipes · English

swipes · rank #43,948 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #43,948
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH swerving

Nearest frequency peer: swerving (-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 “swipes”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “swipes” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

swipes vs Swiss
50% similar
swipes vs swivel
67% similar
swipes vs sites
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for swipes
PropertyValue
Headwordswipes
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/swaɪps/
Letters6
Frequency rank#43,948
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “swipes”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).swipeslands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “swerving” (#43,947), “swank” (#43,946), “Syriac” (#43,950). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “swipes” is #43,948. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around swipes (IPA /swaɪps/), averb. Corpus frequency is #43,948 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "third-person singular simple present indicative of swipe".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for swipes, with forms such as "siwpes", "sswipes", and "swieps". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Swiss", "swivel", "sites", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is swipes, spelled S-W-I-P-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of swipe

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • siwpes
  • sswipes
  • swieps
  • swipess
  • swippes
  • swipse
  • swpies
  • swwipes
  • wsipes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of swipes - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

siwpes2sswipes1swieps2swipess1swippes1swipse2swpies2swwipes1
Edit distance from "swipes"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "swipes"?
"swipes" is spelled S-W-I-P-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is /swaɪps/.
What does "swipes" mean?
As a verb, "swipes" means: third-person singular simple present indicative of swipe
What words are commonly confused with "swipes"?
"swipes" is commonly confused with "Swiss", "swivel", "sites". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "swipes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "swipes" is /swaɪps/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "swipes" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "swipes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Syriac#43,950Stepan#43,939tenses#43,957splint#43,933

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

tolling9 variantsshoves9 variantsScheer9 variantsValdes9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list