sheet
/ʃiːt/
"sheet" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sheet” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #3,653. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,653
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sheet · sheet · English
sheet · rank #3,653 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,653
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH sake
Nearest frequency peer: sake (-1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “sheet”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- recall
recall
96,351 corpus weight
- rugby
rugby
96,350 corpus weight
- sake
sake
96,349 corpus weight
- sheet
sheet
96,348 corpus weight
- signing
signing
96,347 corpus weight
- smooth
smooth
96,346 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sheet” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sheet |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ʃiːt/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #3,653 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sheet” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around sheet (IPA /ʃiːt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,653 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 14 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for sheet, with forms such as "hseet", "sehet", and "sheett". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "shit", "shot", "shut", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English schete; partly from Old English sċīete (“a sheet, a piece of linen cloth”); partly from Old English sċēata (“a corner, angle; the lower corner of a sail, sheet”); and Old English sċēat (“a corner, angle”); all from Proto-Germanic *skauti… The correct English form is sheet, spelled S-H-E-E-T.
Definition
- 1A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
- 2A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping, manufacture of packaging (boxes, envelopes, etc.), and for other uses. The word does not include scraps and irregular small pieces destined to be recycled, used for stuffing or cushioning or paper mache, etc. In modern books, each sheet of paper is typically folded in half, to produce two leaves and four pages. In the absence of folding, "leaf" and "sheet" are equivalent.
- 3A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.
- 4A thin, flat piece or layer of solid material.
- 5A broad, flat expanse or covering of a material on a surface.
- 6An expanse of something.
- 7A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.
- 8A sail.
- 9The area of ice on which the game of curling is played.
- 10A layer of veneer.
- 11Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall.
- 12An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
- 13The space in the forward or after part of a boat where there are no rowers.
- 14A distinct level or stage within a game.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sheet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Use the sheets in the hall closet to make the bed.
He fell into a trance, and saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners.
Etymology
From Middle English schete; partly from Old English sċīete (“a sheet, a piece of linen cloth”); partly from Old English sċēata (“a corner, angle; the lower corner of a sail, sheet”); and Old English sċēat (“a corner, angle”); all from Proto-Germanic *skautijǭ, *skautaz (“corner, wedge, lap”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to throw, shoot, pursue, rush”). Cognate with North Frisian skut (“the fold of a garment, lap, coattail”), West Frisian skoat (“sheet; sail; lap”), Dutch schoot (“the fold of a garment, lap, sheet”), German Low German Schote (“a line from the foot of a sail”), German Schoß (“the fold of a garment, lap”), Danish skød (“lap, skirt”), Icelandic skaut (“the corner of a cloth, a line from the foot of a sail, the skirt or sleeve of a garment, a hood”), Norwegian skaut (“headdress”), Swedish sköt (“sheet”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- hseet
- sehet
- sheett
- shet
- shete
- shheet
- ssheet
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sheet - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sheet", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
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.