# slade

> English word · Noun · IPA /sleɪd/ · frequency rank #21,065

## Definitions
1. A valley, a flat grassy area, a glade.
2. A hillside.

## Etymology
From Middle English slade (“low-lying ground, a valley; a flat grassy area, glade; hollows of clouds; a creek, stream; a channel”), from Old English slæd (“valley, glade”), from Proto-West Germanic *slad, from Proto-Germanic *sladą (“glen, valley”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *sladaną (“to glide, slip”) or Proto-Germanic *sladdaz (“to be slack, droop”). Compare Old Norse slóð (“track, trail”).

## Easily confused with
- **SLE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slade-vs-sle)
- **slam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slade-vs-slam)
- **slap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slade-vs-slap)
- **slid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slade-vs-slid)
- **slay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slade-vs-slay)
- **sled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slade-vs-sled)
- **slag** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slade-vs-slag)
- **Slav** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slade-vs-slav)
- **slaw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slade-vs-slaw)
- **state** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slade-vs-state)
- **space** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slade-vs-space)
- **stage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slade-vs-stage)
- **slave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slade-vs-slave)
- **slide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slade-vs-slide)
- **spare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slade-vs-spare)
- **snake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slade-vs-snake)
- **stake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slade-vs-stake)
- **slice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slade-vs-slice)
- **stare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slade-vs-stare)
- **slope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slade-vs-slope)

## Common misspellings (7)
`lsade`, `salde`, `sladde`, `slaed`, `sldae`, `sllade`, `sslade`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/slade