sleeps
/sliːps/
"sleeps" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sleeps” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #11,119. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,119
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of sleep
Corpus desk
Index EN-sleeps · sleeps · English
sleeps · rank #11,119 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,119
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH slack
Nearest frequency peer: slack (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “sleeps”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- shutting
shutting
88,885 corpus weight
- sketches
sketches
88,884 corpus weight
- slack
slack
88,883 corpus weight
- sleeps
sleeps
88,882 corpus weight
- slick
slick
88,881 corpus weight
- slowed
slowed
88,880 corpus weight
What this shows “sleeps” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sleeps |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /sliːps/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #11,119 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “sleeps”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around sleeps (IPA /sliːps/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,119 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of sleep".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for sleeps, with forms such as "lseeps", "seleps", and "sleepps". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "steps", "slept", "steep", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is sleeps, spelled S-L-E-E-P-S.
Definition
- 1plural of sleep
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sleeps appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Page 35: Andrew: I would believe it, Martin. I used to have very long sleeps myself and very queer dreams. Page 38: Thomas: Rouse yourself, Martin, and don't be talking the way a fool talks. You started making that golden coach, and you were set upon it, and you had me tormented about it. You have yourself wore out working at it and planning it and thinki…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- lseeps
- seleps
- sleepps
- sleepss
- sleesp
- slepes
- sleps
- slleeps
- ssleeps
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sleeps - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sleeps", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).