Swap the current character (the character under the cursor) with the next: xp Swap the current character with the previous: Xp Swap the current line with the next (but see below for a better method): ddp Swap the current line with the previous: ddkP or ddkkp Swap the current word with the next (see note): dawwP dawelp hdeep (works at start of first word, useful if your separators aren't spaces) "xdiwdwep"xp (works with most punctuations too) Swap the current word with the previous (see note): dawbP