# slept vs smelt

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### slept
*verb · IPA /slɛpt/ · frequency rank #5,366*
simple past and past participle of sleep

### smelt
*noun · IPA /smɛlt/ · frequency rank #29,468*
Any small anadromous fish of the family Osmeridae, found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and in lakes in North America and northern part of Europe.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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