sleeping pill
"sleeping-pill" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sleeping pill” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A pill or tablet having a soporific effect.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sleeping pill |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sleeping pill” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sleeping pill is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A pill or tablet having a soporific effect.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sleeping pill, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is sleeping pill, spelled S-L-E-E-P-I-N-G- -P-I-L-L.
Definition
- 1A pill or tablet having a soporific effect.
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.
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Using “sleeping pill”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-L-E-E-P-I-N-G- -P-I-L-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.