sleazy
/ˈsliː.zi/
"sleazy" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sleazy” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #27,641. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,641
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sleazy · sleazy · English
sleazy · rank #27,641 · 9 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,641
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH shortstop
Nearest frequency peer: shortstop (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “sleazy”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- sedition
sedition
72,364 corpus weight
- shoddy
shoddy
72,363 corpus weight
- shortstop
shortstop
72,362 corpus weight
- sleazy
sleazy
72,360 corpus weight
- smirk
smirk
72,357 corpus weight
- smoothing
smoothing
72,356 corpus weight
What this shows “sleazy” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sleazy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈsliː.zi/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #27,641 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “sleazy”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around sleazy (IPA /ˈsliː.zi/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #27,641 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for sleazy, with forms such as "lseazy", "selazy", and "slaezy". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "steady", "sleepy", "sweaty", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Origin obscure. Possibly a corruption of Silesia, through a word meaning Silesian cloth. Silesia was formerly the most important location of Germany’s weaving industry. The correct English form is sleazy, spelled S-L-E-A-Z-Y.
Definition
- 1Marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate.
- 2Raunchy or perverted in nature; tastelessly sexual.
- 3Untrustworthy.
- 4Thin and flimsy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sleazy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Al bought my furniture at ten percent of its value and Jim drove me to a sleazy side-avenue hotel, where I obtained a room at a low rate.
Sleazy, yeah, I like it sleazy / Oh let's get nasty baby / I like it sleazy / I'll take you for a bad ride
Etymology
Origin obscure. Possibly a corruption of Silesia, through a word meaning Silesian cloth. Silesia was formerly the most important location of Germany’s weaving industry.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lseazy
- selazy
- slaezy
- sleayz
- sleazyy
- sleazzy
- slezay
- slleazy
- ssleazy
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sleazy - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sleazy", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).