sled
/ˈslɛd/noun, verb
sled is spelled S-L-E-D: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,516th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sled means “A small, light vehicle with runners, used recreationally, mostly by children, for sliding down snow-covered hills; no draft animal pulls it” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sled is sleds.
How many letters and syllables are in sled?
| Letters | 4: S-L-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 1.7 times per million words; the 21,516th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 sled?
Sled appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,516th 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 sled?
- US /ˈslɛd/
- US [ˈslɛd]
- Australia /ˈsled/
Sled has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-sled.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sled?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as sled from its last stressed vowel (/ɛd/):
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 sled
- sleds plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- sledding participle, present
- sledded participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sled mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small, light vehicle with runners, used recreationally, mostly by children, for sliding down snow-covered hills; no draft animal pulls it.
The child zoomed down the hill on his sled.
- 2
CanadaUSA vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice, and often pulled by sled dogs.
"Mush!" he yelled at the dogs pulling the sled.
- 3
CanadaUSslangA snowmobile.
We saw them go by on their sleds this afternoon, headed toward their grandfather's quarter section.
- 4
CanadaUSslangA car (automobile) or truck, usually called so with the implication of sledlike traits: heavy, low-slung, and prone to going fast but not braking or cornering particularly well.
Near-synonyms: land yacht, boat
- 5
A piece of exercise equipment, used in American football training etc., that provides resistance as it is moved over a flat surface.
verb
- 1
To ride a sled.
- 2
To convey on a sled.
noun
- 1
Acronym of Single Large Expensive Disk.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sled in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense small, light vehicle with runners:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Schlitten |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does sled come from?
From Middle English sledde, from Middle Dutch sledde or Middle Low German sledde (compare Dutch slee, slede, Low German Sleden), from Proto-Germanic *slidô (compare Saterland Frisian sliede, German Schlitten, Norwegian slede).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).