swoon
/swuːn/noun, verb
swoon is spelled S-W-O-O-N: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,636th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, swoon means “A faint” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of swoon is swoons.
How many letters and syllables are in swoon?
| Letters | 5: S-W-O-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 33,636th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is swoon?
Swoon appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,636th 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).
How do you pronounce swoon?
- /swuːn/
- /suːn/
Swoon has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-swoon.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of swoon
- swoons plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- swooning participle, present
- swooned participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does swoon mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A faint.
- 2
An infatuation.
verb
- 1
To faint, to lose consciousness.
"I swoon," quoth he.
- 2
To be overwhelmed by emotion, especially infatuation.
- 3
To overwhelm with emotion, especially infatuation.
- 4
To make a moan, sigh, or some other sound expressing infatuation or affection.
The girls swooned at the picture of their favorite actor.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Swoon in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | pâmoison |
| German | Ohnmacht , schwärmen, in Verzückung geraten |
| Portuguese | desmaio |
| Spanish | desmayo, deliquio , derretirse , desmayarse |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does swoon come from?
From Middle English swoune, swone, from the verb (see below).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).