sword

\ˈsɔɹd\

/\ˈsɔɹd\/ noun

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The verdict

“sword” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,031. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,031
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Épée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sword · sword · French

sword · rank #41,031 · 8 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #41,031
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sutures

Nearest frequency peer: sutures (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « sword »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « sword » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sword vs sort
60% similar
sword vs sors
60% similar
sword vs sold
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for sword
PropertyValue
Headwordsword
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈsɔɹd\
Letters5
Frequency rank#41,031
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sword »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).swordse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sutures » (#41,030), « syncope » (#41,032), « suspicieux » (#41,029). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sword » est au #41,031. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around sword (IPA \ˈsɔɹd\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,031 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for sword, with forms such as "sowrd", "ssword", and "swodr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "sort", "sors", "sold", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is sword, spelled S-W-O-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Épée.
  2. 2
    Épée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. The pen is mightier than the sword.
  2. It seemed that the land would be torn by a war Or saved by a miracle alone And that miracle appeared in London town The sword in the stone

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sowrd
  • ssword
  • swodr
  • swordd
  • sworrd
  • swrod
  • swword
  • wsord

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sword - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

sowrd2ssword1swodr2swordd1sworrd1swrod2swword1wsord2
Edit distance from "sword"

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 "sword"?
"sword" is spelled S-W-O-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈsɔɹd\.
What does "sword" mean?
As a noun, "sword" means: Épée.
What words are commonly confused with "sword"?
"sword" is commonly confused with "sort", "sors", "sold". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sword"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sword" is \ˈsɔɹd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sword" come from?
"sword" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Syria#41,033stups#41,021Tudor#41,050tweed#41,051

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

suceur8 variantsvanilla8 variantsvideur8 variantsvinyl8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list