swole

/swəʊl/

//swəʊl// adj

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"swole" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“swole” is uncommon English (frequency #61,846 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,846
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Swollen, enlarged.

Corpus desk

Index EN-swole · swole · English

swole · rank #61,846 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,846
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH swinney

Nearest frequency peer: swinney (-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.

Long-tail ranks near “swole”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “swole” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for swole
PropertyValue
Headwordswole
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/swəʊl/
Letters5
Frequency rank#61,846
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “swole” in English

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

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “swinney” (#61,845), “swindler” (#61,844), “syrupy” (#61,849). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “swole” is #61,846. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

swole is uncommon English at frequency #61,846 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /swəʊl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

swole doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From earlier swoll, from Middle English swal, swall, swalle (simple past tense), and suoll, suolle, swalle, swol, swole, swolle, iswolle, yswolle (past participle), inflected forms of swellen (“to swell”), from Old English sweall (simple past tense), from P… The correct English form is swole, spelled S-W-O-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Swollen, enlarged.
  2. 2
    Swollen, enlarged.
  3. 3
    Swollen, enlarged.
  4. 4
    Full (of something); bursting with.
  5. 5
    Extremely proud or arrogant.
  6. 6
    Upset; experiencing strong negative emotion.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how swole appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Well, we git him into the cook-car between us, and git him stretched out on the table and some water on him. He's kind of a sorry sight what with the black eye and swole lip he got earlier in the evenin' and now a lump on his head the size of a hen's egg where the potato masher's hit him.
  2. Hell fahr, I bet my head is so swole with law I oughta be jedge and make them lawyers yore-honor me all day long, till cows drop coon-hounds stid of calves and bulls grow tits.

Etymology

From earlier swoll, from Middle English swal, swall, swalle (simple past tense), and suoll, suolle, swalle, swol, swole, swolle, iswolle, yswolle (past participle), inflected forms of swellen (“to swell”), from Old English sweall (simple past tense), from Proto-Germanic *swall, first and third person singular preterite of Proto-Germanic *swellaną (“to swell”); further origin uncertain.

Synonyms

on swole

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 "swole"?
"swole" is spelled S-W-O-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is /swəʊl/.
What does "swole" mean?
As an adjective, "swole" means: Swollen, enlarged.
How do you pronounce "swole"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "swole" is /swəʊl/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "swole"?
From earlier swoll, from Middle English swal, swall, swalle (simple past tense), and suoll, suolle, swalle, swol, swole, swolle, iswolle, yswolle (past participle), inflected forms of swellen (“to swell”), from Old English sweall (simple past tens... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list