# swoon

> English word · Noun · IPA /swuːn/ · frequency rank #33,870

## Definitions
1. A faint.
2. An infatuation.

## Etymology
From Middle English swoune, swone, from the verb (see below).

## Easily confused with
- **swot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swoon-vs-swot)
- **sword** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swoon-vs-sword)
- **sworn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swoon-vs-sworn)
- **swore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swoon-vs-swore)
- **swoop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swoon-vs-swoop)
- **son** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/son-vs-swoon)
- **soon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soon-vs-swoon)
- **swan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swan-vs-swoon)
- **sooo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sooo-vs-swoon)
- **Sion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sion-vs-swoon)
- **soot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soot-vs-swoon)
- **sown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sown-vs-swoon)
- **shoo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shoo-vs-swoon)
- **sook** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sook-vs-swoon)
- **shown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shown-vs-swoon)
- **shoot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shoot-vs-swoon)
- **stood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stood-vs-swoon)
- **Simon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/simon-vs-swoon)
- **shook** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shook-vs-swoon)
- **spoon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoon-vs-swoon)

## Common misspellings (6)
`sowon`, `sswoon`, `swono`, `swoonn`, `swwoon`, `wsoon`

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