swinguer

\swiŋ.ɡe\

/\swiŋ.ɡe\/ verb

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The verdict

“swinguer” is uncommon French (frequency #93,291 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,291
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Balancer, avoir le swing.

Corpus desk

Index FR-swinguer · swinguer · French

swinguer · rank #93,291 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,291
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH surcote

Nearest frequency peer: surcote (-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 « swinguer »

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 « swinguer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for swinguer
PropertyValue
Headwordswinguer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\swiŋ.ɡe\
Letters8
Frequency rank#93,291
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « swinguer » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.swinguertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « surcote » (#93,290), « suralimenté » (#93,289), « synthétisés » (#93,293). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « swinguer » est au #93,291. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

swinguer is uncommon French at frequency #93,291 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \swiŋ.ɡe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

swinguer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is swinguer, spelled S-W-I-N-G-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Balancer, avoir le swing.
  2. 2
    Interpréter en swinguant.
  3. 3
    Avoir une vie sexuelle décomplexée et sans la majorité des restrictions morales.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how swinguer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Swinguez la sur le plancher-là.
  2. Au milieu d’un vacarme où l’on pouvait entendre un quatuor d’instruments baroques swinguer du Haendel deux salons plus loin, circulaient des têtes que nous n’identifiions pas, que nous ne parvenions pas à comprendre et qui parlaient dans toutes les langues […]

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 "swinguer"?
"swinguer" is spelled S-W-I-N-G-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \swiŋ.ɡe\.
What does "swinguer" mean?
As a verb, "swinguer" means: Balancer, avoir le swing.
How do you pronounce "swinguer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "swinguer" is \swiŋ.ɡe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "swinguer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list