# sweeps

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #18,709

## Definitions
1. The Nielsen ratings used to measure television show viewership several times a year.

## Etymology
From sweep + -s (pluralia tantum suffix).

## Easily confused with
- **sweet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sweeps-vs-sweet)
- **swept** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sweeps-vs-swept)
- **sweets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sweeps-vs-sweets)
- **sweety** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sweeps-vs-sweety)
- **sees** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sees-vs-sweeps)
- **seep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seep-vs-sweeps)
- **seems** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seems-vs-sweeps)
- **sleep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sleep-vs-sweeps)
- **steps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steps-vs-sweeps)
- **seeds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeds-vs-sweeps)
- **sheep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheep-vs-sweeps)
- **seeks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeks-vs-sweeps)
- **steep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steep-vs-sweeps)
- **sweep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sweep-vs-sweeps)
- **sheets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheets-vs-sweeps)
- **speeds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/speeds-vs-sweeps)
- **sleeps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sleeps-vs-sweeps)
- **sleepy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sleepy-vs-sweeps)
- **sweats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sweats-vs-sweeps)
- **steers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steers-vs-sweeps)

## Common misspellings (9)
`seweps`, `ssweeps`, `sweepps`, `sweepss`, `sweesp`, `swepes`, `sweps`, `swweeps`, `wseeps`

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