# sleaze

> English word · Noun · IPA /sliːz/ · frequency rank #44,490

## Definitions
1. Low moral standards.
2. A person of low moral standards.
3. A man who is sexually aggressive or forward with women to the point of causing disgust.
4. sleazy material

## Etymology
Back-formation from sleazy, originally used to describe the thinness and low quality of cloth.

## Easily confused with
- **sleeve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sleaze-vs-sleeve)
- **Sloane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sleaze-vs-sloane)
- **sneeze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sleaze-vs-sneeze)
- **sledge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sleaze-vs-sledge)
- **sleazy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sleaze-vs-sleazy)
- **slave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slave-vs-sleaze)
- **slate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slate-vs-sleaze)
- **seize** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seize-vs-sleaze)
- **slade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slade-vs-sleaze)

## Common misspellings (8)
`lseaze`, `selaze`, `slaeze`, `sleaez`, `sleazze`, `slezae`, `slleaze`, `ssleaze`

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