Sleeping Beauty
"sleeping-beauty" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Sleeping Beauty” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A fairy tale originally titled La Belle au bois dormant by Charles Perrault.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sleeping-beauty · Sleeping Beauty · English
Sleeping Beauty · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sleeping Beauty |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Sleeping Beauty” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Sleeping Beauty is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Sleeping Beauty in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: In the genetics sense, so called because the transposon was brought back to activity from a long evolutionary sleep. The correct English form is Sleeping Beauty, spelled S-L-E-E-P-I-N-G- -B-E-A-U-T-Y.
Definition
- 1A fairy tale originally titled La Belle au bois dormant by Charles Perrault.
- 2The main character in this story, who is in unbroken slumber under a magical spell, awaiting the kiss of a prince.
- 3A transposon used in genetic engineering.
- 4One who is asleep at an inappropriate time.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sleeping Beauty appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
How far have we come since the days of our favorite childhood fairy tales if women still need a rescuer like the Cinderellas, Sleeping Beauties, and other helpless maidens of the past?
Womanly duties, as Joan thought of them, were fine for girls who imagined themselves as Cinderellas or Sleeping Beauties, good girls rewarded for menial housework and, in the case of Sleeping Beauty, a passivity so profound it was deaf, dumb, blind, and comatose.
Etymology
In the genetics sense, so called because the transposon was brought back to activity from a long evolutionary sleep.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.