Swansea
The verdict
“Swansea” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,038. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,038
- frequency rank, French
- 394,209
- “S” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Comté, autorité unitaire et ville du Pays de Galles.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Swansea |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #33,038 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Swansea” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Swansea, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #33,038 among 394,209 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Comté, autorité unitaire et ville du Pays de Galles.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Swansea, with forms such as "sawnsea", "sswansea", and "swanesa". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Swansea, spelled S-W-A-N-S-E-A.
Definition
- 1Comté, autorité unitaire et ville du Pays de Galles.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- sawnsea
- sswansea
- swanesa
- swannsea
- swansae
- swanssea
- swasnea
- swnasea
- swwansea
- wsansea
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Swansea - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Swansea”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-W-A-N-S-E-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.