slane
/sleɪn/noun
slane is spelled S-L-A-N-E: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 105,204th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, slane means “A one-eared spade for cutting turf or peat, consisting of an iron flat-bladed head and a long wooden shaft” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of slane is slanes.
How many letters and syllables are in slane?
| Letters | 5: S-L-A-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 12 million words; the 105,204th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 slane?
Slane appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 105,204th 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 slane?
- /sleɪn/
- /slɑːn/
Slane has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with slane?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as slane.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: lanes, leans.
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 slane
- slanes plural
- slean
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does slane mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
IrelandA one-eared spade for cutting turf or peat, consisting of an iron flat-bladed head and a long wooden shaft.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does slane come from?
Borrowed from Irish sleán, sleaghán.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).