sleeping
/ˈsliː.pɪŋ/
The verdict
“sleeping” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,926 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,926
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participio presente del verbo sleep.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sleeping · sleeping · Spanish
sleeping · rank #51,926 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,926
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH sinaloense
Nearest frequency peer: sinaloense (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “sleeping”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- simpatizar
simpatizar
48,077 corpus weight
- sinaloense
sinaloense
48,076 corpus weight
- sleeping
sleeping
48,075 corpus weight
- slide
slide
48,074 corpus weight
- société
société
48,072 corpus weight
- solucionamos
solucionamos
48,071 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “sleeping” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sleeping |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈsliː.pɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #51,926 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “sleeping” en español
Rare enough to double-check
sleeping is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,926 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈsliː.pɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participio presente del verbo sleep.".
sleeping doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is sleeping, spelled S-L-E-E-P-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Participio presente del verbo sleep.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "sleeping"?
What does "sleeping" mean?
How do you pronounce "sleeping"?
What language does "sleeping" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sleeping", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).