Switching Spell
Type	Transfiguration
Hand Movement
Light	White
Effect	Switches two targets simultaneously.

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The Switching Spell (incantation unknown) is one of many transforming spells used to swap two different objects for one another. They are studied in the first year in transfiguration class.

PractitionersEdit

• Hermione Granger
• Neville Longbottom (Failed; put ears onto cactus)

Behind the scenesEdit

• Hermione Granger recommended to Harry Potter that he use this spell on a dragon to turn its fangs to wine-gums.
• Hermione also gains some house points for knowing about these spells before they studied them.
• Neville Longbottom cannot perform a simple Switching Spell. This has been criticized by Minerva McGonagall. 

AppearancesEdit

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First mentioned)
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (Mentioned only)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (First appearance)
• Harry Potter Trading Card Game
• Pottermore

Notes and referencesEdit

Transfiguration (class)
Professors: Albus Dumbledore · Minerva McGonagall
Textbooks: A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration · Intermediate Transfiguration · A Guide to Advanced Transfiguration
Known practitioners: Emeric Switch · Circe · Falco Aesalon · Mirabella Plunkett · Thaddeus Thurkell ·
Transfiguration spells studied at Hogwarts: Chair to cat · Match to needle · Snail to Teapot · Teacup to Rat · Switching Spell · Transforming Spell · Avifors Spell · Mice to Snuffboxes · Beetle Buttons · Rabbit Slippers · Teapot to tortoise · Draconifors Spell · Lapifors Spell · Vanishing Spell · Vera Verto · Owl to opera glasses · Guinea fowl to guinea pig · Hedgehog to pincushion · Small Child to Rat · Meddling Man to Monkey
Branches of Transfiguration: Transformation · Vanishment · Conjuration · Untransfiguration