# slipper

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈslɪpə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #26,253

## Definitions
1. A low soft shoe that can be slipped on and off easily.
2. A low soft shoe intended for indoor use; a bedroom slipper or house slipper.
3. A flip-flop (type of rubber sandal).
4. A person or creature that slips.
5. A kind of apron or pinafore for children.
6. A kind of brake or shoe for a wagon wheel.
7. A piece, usually a plate, applied to a sliding piece, to receive wear and permit adjustment; a gib.
8. A form of corporal punishment where the buttocks are repeatedly struck with a plimsoll; "the slipper".
9. The plimsoll or gym shoe used in this form of punishment.
10. A kind of bedpan urinal shaped somewhat like a slipper.

## Etymology
From Middle English slypper, equivalent to slip + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **supper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slipper-vs-supper)
- **sniper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slipper-vs-sniper)
- **sliver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slipper-vs-sliver)
- **snippet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slipper-vs-snippet)
- **stopper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slipper-vs-stopper)
- **snapper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slipper-vs-snapper)
- **slippery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slipper-vs-slippery)
- **stripper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slipper-vs-stripper)
- **slippers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slipper-vs-slippers)
- **slider** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slider-vs-slipper)
- **shipped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shipped-vs-slipper)
- **slipped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slipped-vs-slipper)
- **skipper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skipper-vs-slipper)
- **sleeper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sleeper-vs-slipper)
- **shopper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shopper-vs-slipper)
- **shipper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shipper-vs-slipper)
- **slimmer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slimmer-vs-slipper)

## Common misspellings (9)
`lsipper`, `silpper`, `slipepr`, `sliper`, `slipperr`, `slippre`, `sllipper`, `slpiper`, `sslipper`

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