swords
/sɔɹdz/
"swords" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“swords” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #10,289. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,289
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of sword
Corpus desk
Index EN-swords · swords · English
swords · rank #10,289 · 10 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,289
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Sussex
Nearest frequency peer: Sussex (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “swords”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- stubborn
stubborn
89,715 corpus weight
- summoned
summoned
89,714 corpus weight
- Sussex
Sussex
89,713 corpus weight
- swords
swords
89,712 corpus weight
- syrup
syrup
89,711 corpus weight
- tackles
tackles
89,710 corpus weight
What this shows “swords” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | swords |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /sɔɹdz/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #10,289 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “swords”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around swords (IPA /sɔɹdz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,289 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of sword".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for swords, with forms such as "sowrds", "sswords", and "swodrs". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "sworn", "swore", "sword", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is swords, spelled S-W-O-R-D-S.
Definition
- 1plural of sword
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- sowrds
- sswords
- swodrs
- swordds
- swordss
- sworrds
- sworsd
- swrods
- swwords
- wsords
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of swords - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "swords", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).