hit the sheets
"hit-the-sheets" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“hit the sheets” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To go to bed.
Corpus desk
Index EN-hit-the-sheets · hit the sheets · English
hit the sheets · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hit the sheets |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “hit the sheets” in English
Rare enough to double-check
hit the sheets is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hit the sheets, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is hit the sheets, spelled H-I-T- -T-H-E- -S-H-E-E-T-S.
Definition
- 1To go to bed.
- 2To have sex.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hit the sheets appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
From the moment I landed, Étienne oozed a sexual dominance that had me quite literally oozing in turn during our first kiss in the airport as he held me against him, his hand strong and powerful on my lower back. For the next three days, I found myself beautifully and irresistibly dominated by him every time we hit the sheets, which was often.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.