sheeple
/ˈʃiːpəl/
"sheeple" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sheeple” is an uncommon English word, ranked #61,805 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #61,805
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - People who are perceived as conforming unquestioningly to authority or mainstream beliefs.
| 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) |
Where “sheeple” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for sheeple is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈʃiːpəl/. Corpus data places it at rank #61,805 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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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Using “sheeple”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-H-E-E-P-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈʃiːpəl/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.