# sleight

> English word · Noun · IPA /slaɪt/ · frequency rank #39,569

## Definitions
1. Cunning; craft; artful practice.
2. An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation.
3. Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill.

## Etymology
From Middle English sleighte, sleyght, sleythe, from Old Norse slœgð (“cunning”), from Proto-Germanic *slōgiþō, from *slōgiz (“cunning”) (whence English sly). Doublet of sly and slöjd/sloyd.

## Easily confused with
- **slight** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sleight-vs-slight)
- **sight** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sight-vs-sleight)
- **sleigh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sleigh-vs-sleight)

## Common misspellings (11)
`lseight`, `selight`, `slegiht`, `sleigght`, `sleighht`, `sleightt`, `sleigth`, `sleihgt`, `slieght`, `slleight`, `ssleight`

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