SWL
noun, phrase
SWL is spelled S-W-L: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, SWL means “Initialism of sound power level” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of SWL is SWLs.
How many letters and syllables are in SWL?
| Letters | 3: S-W-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 111,684th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is SWL?
SWL appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of SWL
- SWLs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does SWL mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Initialism of sound power level.
- 2
Initialism of shock-wave lithotripsy.
- 3
Initialism of shortwave listening.
- 4
Initialism of shortwave listener.
phrase
- 1
Initialism of screaming with laughter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).