# swish

> English word · Adjective · IPA /swɪʃ/ · frequency rank #33,442

## Definitions
1. sophisticated; fashionable; smooth.
2. Attractive, stylish
3. Effeminate.

## Etymology
From noun, imitative of the sound

## Easily confused with
- **Swiss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swish-vs-swiss)
- **switch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swish-vs-switch)
- **sis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sis-vs-swish)
- **ssh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ssh-vs-swish)
- **swim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swim-vs-swish)
- **sigh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sigh-vs-swish)
- **Sikh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sikh-vs-swish)
- **sash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sash-vs-swish)
- **sith** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sith-vs-swish)
- **Shih** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shih-vs-swish)
- **sich** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sich-vs-swish)
- **sais** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sais-vs-swish)
- **swig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swig-vs-swish)
- **smith** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smith-vs-swish)
- **swing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swing-vs-swish)
- **swift** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swift-vs-swish)
- **smash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smash-vs-swish)
- **slash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slash-vs-swish)
- **swipe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swipe-vs-swish)
- **stash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stash-vs-swish)

## Common misspellings (8)
`siwsh`, `sswish`, `swihs`, `swishh`, `swissh`, `swsih`, `swwish`, `wsish`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/swish