# sleeping

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈsliːpɪŋ/ · frequency rank #2,702

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of sleep

## Easily confused with
- **sloping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sleeping-vs-sloping)
- **stepping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sleeping-vs-stepping)
- **steering** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sleeping-vs-steering)
- **sweeping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sleeping-vs-sweeping)
- **slipping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sleeping-vs-slipping)
- **speeding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sleeping-vs-speeding)
- **sneezing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sleeping-vs-sneezing)
- **seeing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeing-vs-sleeping)
- **seeking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeking-vs-sleeping)
- **seeming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeming-vs-sleeping)
- **seeding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeding-vs-sleeping)
- **seeping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeping-vs-sleeping)
- **slapping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slapping-vs-sleeping)
- **sheeting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheeting-vs-sleeping)
- **sledding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sledding-vs-sleeping)

## Common misspellings (12)
`lseeping`, `seleping`, `sleeipng`, `sleepign`, `sleepingg`, `sleepinng`, `sleepnig`, `sleepping`, `slepeing`, `sleping`, `slleeping`, `ssleeping`

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