# swot

> English word · Verb · IPA /swɒt/ · frequency rank #43,404

## Definitions
1. To study with effort or determination.

## Etymology
From a dialectal English word, from Middle English swot, swat, from Old English swāt (“perspiration; sweat”), from Proto-Germanic *swaitą (“sweat”). More at sweat.

## Easily confused with
- **so** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/so-vs-swot)
- **SW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sw-vs-swot)
- **set** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/set-vs-swot)
- **son** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/son-vs-swot)
- **sit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sit-vs-swot)
- **sat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sat-vs-swot)
- **SEO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seo-vs-swot)
- **sox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sox-vs-swot)
- **sol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sol-vs-swot)
- **soy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soy-vs-swot)
- **sow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sow-vs-swot)
- **Sao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sao-vs-swot)
- **SOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sos-vs-swot)
- **SOB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sob-vs-swot)
- **sod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sod-vs-swot)
- **som** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/som-vs-swot)
- **sho** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sho-vs-swot)
- **soe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soe-vs-swot)
- **SMT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smt-vs-swot)
- **sop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sop-vs-swot)

## Common misspellings (6)
`sowt`, `sswot`, `swott`, `swto`, `swwot`, `wsot`

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