slice

/slaɪs/

//slaɪs// noun

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"slice" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“slice” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #7,180. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,180
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - That which is thin and broad.

Corpus desk

Index EN-slice · slice · English

slice · rank #7,180 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,180
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH silicon

Nearest frequency peer: silicon (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “slice”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “slice” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

slice vs slip
60% similar
slice vs slim
60% similar
slice vs slid
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for slice
PropertyValue
Headwordslice
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/slaɪs/
Letters5
Frequency rank#7,180
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “slice” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). slice lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around slice (IPA /slaɪs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,180 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 17 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for slice, with forms such as "lsice", "silce", and "slcie". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "slip", "slim", "slid", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English sclise, sklise, from Old French esclice, esclis (“a piece split off”), deverbal of esclicer, esclicier (“to splinter, split up”), from Frankish *slitjan (“to split up”), from Proto-Germanic *slitjaną, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to sp… The correct English form is slice, spelled S-L-I-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    That which is thin and broad.
  2. 2
    A thin, broad piece cut off.
  3. 3
    An amount of anything.
  4. 4
    A piece of pizza, shaped like a sector of a circle.
  5. 5
    A snack consisting of pastry with savoury filling.
  6. 6
    A broad, thin piece of plaster.
  7. 7
    A knife with a thin, broad blade for taking up or serving fish; also, a spatula for spreading anything, as paint or ink.
  8. 8
    A salver, platter, or tray.
  9. 9
    A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel.
  10. 10
    One of the wedges by which the cradle and the ship are lifted clear of the building blocks to prepare for launching.
  11. 11
    A removable sliding bottom to a galley.
  12. 12
    A shot that (for the right-handed player) curves unintentionally to the right. See fade, hook, draw.
  13. 13
    A kind of cut shot where the bat makes an obtuse angle with the batter.
  14. 14
    Any of a class of heavy cakes or desserts made in a tray and cut out into squarish slices.
  15. 15
    A section of image taken of an internal organ using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), CT (computed tomography), or various forms of x-ray.
  16. 16
    A hawk's or falcon's dropping which squirts at an angle other than vertical. (See mute.)
  17. 17
    A contiguous portion of an array.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how slice appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. I pulled in hand over hand on the cord, and when I judged myself near enough, rose at infinite risk to about half my height and thus commanded the roof and a slice of the interior of the cabin.
  2. a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread

Etymology

From Middle English sclise, sklise, from Old French esclice, esclis (“a piece split off”), deverbal of esclicer, esclicier (“to splinter, split up”), from Frankish *slitjan (“to split up”), from Proto-Germanic *slitjaną, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to split, tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyd- (“to rend, injure, crumble”). Akin to Old High German sliz, gisliz (“a tear, rip”), Old High German slīȥan (“to tear”), Old English slītan (“to split up”), modern French éclisse. More at slite, slit.

This word in other languages

rebanada(Español)tranche(Français)Scheibe(Deutsch)fatia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lsice
  • silce
  • slcie
  • slicce
  • sliec
  • sllice
  • sslice

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of slice - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

lsice2silce2slcie2slicce1sliec2sllice1sslice1
Edit distance from "slice"

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "slice"?
"slice" is spelled S-L-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is /slaɪs/.
What does "slice" mean?
As a noun, "slice" means: That which is thin and broad.
What words are commonly confused with "slice"?
"slice" is commonly confused with "slip", "slim", "slid". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "slice"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "slice" is /slaɪs/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "slice"?
From Middle English sclise, sklise, from Old French esclice, esclis (“a piece split off”), deverbal of esclicer, esclicier (“to splinter, split up”), from Frankish *slitjan (“to split up”), from Proto-Germanic *slitjaną, from Proto-Germanic *slīta... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "slice", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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  • 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #7,180 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list