sleepwalking
noun, verb
sleepwalking is spelled S-L-E-E-P-W-A-L-K-I-N-G: 12 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,663rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sleepwalking means “The act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during one's sleep” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sleepwalking is sleepwalkings.
How many letters and syllables are in sleepwalking?
| Letters | 12: S-L-E-E-P-W-A-L-K-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 43,663rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is sleepwalking?
Sleepwalking appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,663rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce sleepwalking?
- US
Sleepwalking has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-sleepwalking.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sleepwalking
- sleepwalkings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sleepwalking mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during one's sleep.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of sleepwalk
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sleepwalking in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | somnambulisme |
| German | Schlafwandeln, Nachtwandeln, Somnambulismus, Somnambulie |
| Portuguese | sonambulismo |
| Spanish | sonambulismo, somnambulismo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.