Swedish

\ˈswi.dɪʃ\

/\ˈswi.dɪʃ\/ adj

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The verdict

“Swedish” is uncommon French (frequency #75,274 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,274
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Suédois. Relatif à la Suède.

Corpus desk

Index FR-swedish · Swedish · French

Swedish · rank #75,274 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,274
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH synapse

Nearest frequency peer: synapse (+1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Swedish »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Swedish » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Swedish
PropertyValue
HeadwordSwedish
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ˈswi.dɪʃ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#75,274
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Swedish » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Swedishtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « synapse » (#75,275), « susmentionné » (#75,272), « surreprésentés » (#75,271). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Swedish » est au #75,274. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Swedish is uncommon French at frequency #75,274 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈswi.dɪʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Swedish has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Swedish, spelled S-W-E-D-I-S-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Suédois. Relatif à la Suède.
  2. 2
    Suédois. Relatif au langage suédois.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Swedish"?
"Swedish" is spelled S-W-E-D-I-S-H. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈswi.dɪʃ\.
What does "Swedish" mean?
As an adjective, "Swedish" means: Suédois. Relatif à la Suède.
How do you pronounce "Swedish"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Swedish" is \ˈswi.dɪʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Swedish" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Swedish", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

synapse#75,275sultane#75,268tachées#75,283Tadashi#75,284

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list