swipe

\swajp\

/\swajp\/ noun

The verdict

“swipe” is uncommon French (frequency #89,221 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,221
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Interaction avec un écran tactile en déplaçant rapidement son doigt sur celui-ci.

Corpus desk

Index FR-swipe · swipe · French

swipe · rank #89,221 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,221
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH swings

Nearest frequency peer: swings (-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 « swipe »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for swipe
PropertyValue
Headwordswipe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\swajp\
Letters5
Frequency rank#89,221
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « swipe » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).swipetombe 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: « swings » (#89,220), « synchrotron » (#89,222), « syndicate » (#89,223). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « swipe » est au #89,221. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

swipe is uncommon French at frequency #89,221 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \swajp\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Interaction avec un écran tactile en déplaçant rapidement son doigt sur celui-ci.".

swipe has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is swipe, spelled S-W-I-P-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Interaction avec un écran tactile en déplaçant rapidement son doigt sur celui-ci.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ainsi, vous n’êtes peut-être qu’à quelques swipes de votre prochaine mission intérim.

This word in other languages

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 "swipe"?
"swipe" is spelled S-W-I-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is \swajp\.
What does "swipe" mean?
As a noun, "swipe" means: Interaction avec un écran tactile en déplaçant rapidement son doigt sur celui-ci.
How do you pronounce "swipe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "swipe" is \swajp\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "swipe" come from?
"swipe" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list