# sleigh

> English word · Noun · IPA /sleɪ/ · frequency rank #29,464

## Definitions
1. A vehicle, generally pulled by an animal, which moves over snow or ice on runners, used for transporting persons or goods. (contrast "sled", which is smaller)

## Etymology
From Modern Dutch slee, from Middle Dutch slede, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *slidô. Doublet of sled and further related to slide.

## Easily confused with
- **Sligo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sleigh-vs-sligo)
- **slight** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sleigh-vs-slight)
- **slough** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sleigh-vs-slough)
- **sleuth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sleigh-vs-sleuth)
- **sleight** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sleigh-vs-sleight)
- **sigh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sigh-vs-sleigh)
- **Sheikh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheikh-vs-sleigh)
- **sledge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sledge-vs-sleigh)
- **slay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slay-vs-sleigh)

## Common misspellings (9)
`lseigh`, `seligh`, `slegih`, `sleiggh`, `sleighh`, `sleihg`, `sliegh`, `slleigh`, `ssleigh`

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