# sleep

> German word · Verb · IPA [sliːp] · frequency rank #26,614

## Definitions
1. sich im Schlaf befinden; schlafen

## Easily confused with
- **step** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/sleep-vs-step)
- **Slip** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/sleep-vs-slip)
- **speed** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/sleep-vs-speed)
- **sweet** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/sleep-vs-sweet)
- **Speer** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/sleep-vs-speer)
- **steel** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/sleep-vs-steel)
- **See** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/see-vs-sleep)
- **Seen** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/seen-vs-sleep)
- **Sees** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/sees-vs-sleep)
- **Sepp** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/sepp-vs-sleep)
- **seel** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/seel-vs-sleep)

## Common misspellings (7)
`lseep`, `selep`, `sleepp`, `slep`, `slepe`, `slleep`, `ssleep`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/word/sleep