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How to spell swirl

What it means: A twisting or curling shape.

In a sentence: The ice cream had a swirl of chocolate on top. ▶

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as swerl or swurl.

Same family: swirls, swirled, swirling, twirl, spiral. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Swirl” likely comes from a Scandinavian source related to Old Norse words for spinning or whirling. It has been used in English since the 1500s to describe spinning motion in water, air, or even in abstract things like thoughts.

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