# swooping

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #47,365

## Definitions
1. The motion of something that swoops.
2. A high-speed landing technique in skydiving.

## Easily confused with
- **sloping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sloping-vs-swooping)
- **scoping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoping-vs-swooping)
- **shooting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shooting-vs-swooping)
- **shopping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shopping-vs-swooping)
- **stopping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stopping-vs-swooping)
- **sweeping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sweeping-vs-swooping)
- **stomping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stomping-vs-swooping)
- **scooping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scooping-vs-swooping)
- **spoofing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spoofing-vs-swooping)

## Common misspellings (12)
`sowoping`, `sswooping`, `swooipng`, `swoopign`, `swoopingg`, `swoopinng`, `swoopnig`, `swoopping`, `swoping`, `swopoing`, `swwooping`, `wsooping`

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