slope
/sloʊp/
"slope" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“slope” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #8,350 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,350
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | slope |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /sloʊp/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #8,350 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “slope” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for slope is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /sloʊp/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,350 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for slope, with forms such as "lsope", "sllope", and "sloep". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "soe", "sop", "some", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From aslope (adjective, adverb). The correct English form is slope, spelled S-L-O-P-E.
Definition
- 1An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.
- 2The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.
- 3The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points lying on the line.
- 4The slope of the line tangent to the curve at the given point.
- 5The angle a roof surface makes with the horizontal, expressed as a ratio of the units of vertical rise to the units of horizontal length (sometimes referred to as run).
- 6A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.
Etymology
From aslope (adjective, adverb).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: lsope,sllope,sloep,sloppe,slpoe,solpe,sslope
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of slope - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “slope”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-L-O-P-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /sloʊp/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “soe” - see the side-by-side comparison. slope vs soe
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.