swoosh
/ˈswʊʃ/
"swoosh" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“swoosh” is uncommon English (frequency #55,137 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,137
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To move with a rushing or swirling sound
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | swoosh |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈswʊʃ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #55,137 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “swoosh” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
swoosh is uncommon English at frequency #55,137 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈswʊʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To move with a rushing or swirling sound".
swoosh has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From imitation of the sound. The correct English form is swoosh, spelled S-W-O-O-S-H.
Definition
- 1To move with a rushing or swirling sound
Etymology
From imitation of the sound.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “swoosh”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-W-O-O-S-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈswʊʃ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.