swell
\swɛl\
The verdict
“swell” is uncommon French (frequency #86,220 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,220
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gonfler.
Corpus desk
Index FR-swell · swell · French
swell · rank #86,220 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,220
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH svastika
Nearest frequency peer: svastika (-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 « swell »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Supertramp
Supertramp
13,785 corpus weight
- survivrai
survivrai
13,784 corpus weight
- surélevées
surélevées
13,783 corpus weight
- svastika
svastika
13,782 corpus weight
- swell
swell
13,781 corpus weight
- Syros
Syros
13,778 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « swell » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | swell |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \swɛl\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #86,220 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « swell » en français
Rare enough to double-check
swell is uncommon French at frequency #86,220 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \swɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gonfler.".
Zero misspellings are on record for swell in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is swell, spelled S-W-E-L-L.
Definition
- 1Gonfler.
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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