sleepish
/ˈsliːpɪʃ/
"sleepish" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sleepish” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sleepy; drowsy
Corpus desk
Index EN-sleepish · sleepish · English
sleepish · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | sleepish |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈsliːpɪʃ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sleepish” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sleepish is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈsliːpɪʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sleepy; drowsy".
Zero misspellings are on record for sleepish in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From sleep + -ish. The correct English form is sleepish, spelled S-L-E-E-P-I-S-H.
Definition
- 1sleepy; drowsy
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sleepish appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
One, my lord, that doth so palpably, so apparently make her adulteries a trophy, whiles the poting-stick to her unsatiate goatish abomination jeers at, and flouts your sleepish, and more than sleepish, security.
She answered the telephone with a sleepish sounding voice, since she wasn't fully awake yet.
Etymology
From sleep + -ish.
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.