sheeple
/ˈʃiːpəl/
"sheeple" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sheeple” is uncommon English (frequency #61,805 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,805
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - People who are perceived as conforming unquestioningly to authority or mainstream beliefs.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sheeple · sheeple · English
sheeple · rank #61,805 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,805
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Segovia
Nearest frequency peer: Segovia (-3 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “sheeple”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- secretory
secretory
38,201 corpus weight
- secularizat…
secularization
38,200 corpus weight
- Segovia
Segovia
38,199 corpus weight
- sheeple
sheeple
38,196 corpus weight
- Shira
Shira
38,193 corpus weight
- Shota
Shota
38,191 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “sheeple” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sheeple |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈʃiːpəl/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #61,805 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sheeple” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sheeple is uncommon English at frequency #61,805 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈʃiːpəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "People who are perceived as conforming unquestioningly to authority or mainstream beliefs.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for sheeple in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Blend of sheep (“likened to sheep in a herd that follow without independent thought”) + people. The correct English form is sheeple, spelled S-H-E-E-P-L-E.
Definition
- 1People who are perceived as conforming unquestioningly to authority or mainstream beliefs.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sheeple appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
War protesters . . . did appear along Mr. Rumsfeld's path carrying signs saying "Bush is a Liar" and "Wake Up, Sheeple".
[F]ormer MP Garth Turner’s new book . . . is entitled Sheeple, a term apparently applied to people who often take on the characteristics—curly white hair covering most of the body, fondness for grazing, tendency to do as told—of sheep.
Etymology
Blend of sheep (“likened to sheep in a herd that follow without independent thought”) + people.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).