# Slates

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #46,781

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
Variant of Slate.

## Easily confused with
- **state** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slates-vs-state)
- **stats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slates-vs-stats)
- **slave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slates-vs-slave)
- **sluts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slates-vs-sluts)
- **slits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slates-vs-slits)
- **spate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slates-vs-spate)
- **states** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slates-vs-states)
- **status** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slates-vs-status)
- **stated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slates-vs-stated)
- **stages** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slates-vs-stages)
- **spaces** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slates-vs-spaces)
- **slaves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slates-vs-slaves)
- **stakes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slates-vs-stakes)
- **snakes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slates-vs-snakes)
- **slides** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slates-vs-slides)
- **slayer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slates-vs-slayer)
- **stares** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slates-vs-stares)
- **spades** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slates-vs-spades)
- **sloths** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slates-vs-sloths)
- **snares** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slates-vs-snares)

## Common misspellings (9)
`lsates`, `saltes`, `slaets`, `slatess`, `slatse`, `slattes`, `sllates`, `sltaes`, `sslates`

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