# Slates vs slides

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Slates
*name · frequency rank #46,781*
A surname.

### slides
*verb · IPA /slaɪdz/ · frequency rank #9,959*
third-person singular simple present indicative of slide

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slates-vs-slides