sleety
/ˈsliːti/adjective
sleety is spelled S-L-E-E-T-Y: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 89 million words in written English, the 301,415th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, sleety means “Covered in sleet; full of sleet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in sleety?
| Letters | 6: S-L-E-E-T-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 89 million words; the 301,415th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is sleety?
Sleety appears about once in every 89 million words in written English, the 301,415th 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 sleety?
- /ˈsliːti/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sleety.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sleety?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as sleety.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: steely, stylee.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of sleety
- sleetier comparative
- sleetiest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sleety mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Covered in sleet; full of sleet.
sleety weather
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sleety come from?
From sleet + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).