sheet
/ʃit/noun, verb
sheet is spelled S-H-E-E-T: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 25 times per million words in written English, the 3,612th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sheet means “A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sheet is sheets.
How many letters and syllables are in sheet?
| Letters | 5: S-H-E-E-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 25 times per million words; the 3,612th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is sheet?
Sheet appears 25 times per million words in written English, the 3,612th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce sheet?
- UK /ʃiːt/
- US /ʃit/
Sheet has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-sheet.ogg, En-us-sheet.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sheet?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as sheet from its last stressed vowel (/it/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of sheet
- sheets plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- sheeting participle, present
- sheeted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sheet mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
Use the sheets in the hall closet to make the bed.
- 2
A 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
A sheet of paper measuring eight and one-half inches wide by eleven inches high is a popular item in commerce.
- 3
A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.
Place the rolls on the cookie sheet, edges touching, and bake for 10-11 minutes.
- 4
A thin, flat piece or layer of solid material.
The glazer cut several panes from a large sheet of glass.
- 5
A broad, flat expanse or covering of a material on a surface.
Mud froze on the road in a solid sheet, then more rain froze into a sheet of ice on top of the mud!
- 6
An expanse of something.
- 7
A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.
To be "three sheets to the wind" is to say that a four-cornered sail is tethered only by one sheet and thus the sail is useless.
- 8
nonstandardA sail.
- 9
slangEuphemistic form of shit.
This sheet is disgusting!
verb
- 1
To cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material.
Remember to sheet the floor before you start painting.
- 2
To form into sheets.
- 3
To pour heavily.
We couldn't go out because the rain was sheeting down all day long.
- 4
To trim a sail using a sheet.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sheet in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | feuille , plaque , écoute |
| German | Blatt, Bogen , Blech , Platte, Lage |
| Portuguese | folha , escota , lâmina , capa |
| Spanish | hoja, folio, pliego, foja, mica , lámina |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does sheet come from?
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”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).