slip

\slip\

/\slip\/ noun

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The verdict

“slip” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,056. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,056
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sous-vêtement qui couvre le bas du ventre, les parties génitales et les fesses.

Corpus desk

Index FR-slip · slip · French

slip · rank #12,056 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,056
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sketch

Nearest frequency peer: sketch (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « slip »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « slip » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

slip vs SP
0% similar
slip vs SVP
0% similar
slip vs stp
50% similar

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

Key facts for slip
PropertyValue
Headwordslip
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\slip\
Letters4
Frequency rank#12,056
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « slip »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.slipse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sketch » (#12,055), « soft » (#12,057), « situer » (#12,054). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « slip » est au #12,056. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around slip (IPA \slip\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,056 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for slip, with forms such as "lsip", "silp", and "slipp". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "SP", "SVP", "stp", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is slip, spelled S-L-I-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sous-vêtement qui couvre le bas du ventre, les parties génitales et les fesses.
  2. 2
    Plan incliné permettant de mettre des bateaux à l’eau.
  3. 3
    Fiche de paie → voir payslip.
  4. 4
    Terme sportif : laisse utilisée pour tenir les animaux présentés sur le ring (courses de lévriers) — (https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5449759w/f162.item.r=slip)
  5. 5
    Assurance maritime.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le clubman qui prépare sa saison athlétique doit en parler discrètement, au Cercle, comme d'un projet rare et mystérieux. En secret, il méditera l'assortiment de ses caleçons ou de ses slips, convoquera son bottier pour obtenir un jeu de souliers à pointes. Le sac de toilette sera bourré d'embrocations savantes.
  2. Il comporte une culotte flottante et un slip, comme pour le football. Les bas peuvent être adoptés, mais les mouvements sont plus libres les jambes nues.

Synonyms

bobettescaleçonslopslibardculottestring

This word in other languages

briefs(English)calzoncillos(Español)Unterhose(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lsip
  • silp
  • slipp
  • sllip
  • slpi
  • sslip

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of slip - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

lsip2silp2slipp1sllip1slpi2sslip1
Edit distance from "slip"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "slip"?
"slip" is spelled S-L-I-P. The IPA pronunciation is \slip\.
What does "slip" mean?
As a noun, "slip" means: Sous-vêtement qui couvre le bas du ventre, les parties génitales et les fesses.
What words are commonly confused with "slip"?
"slip" is commonly confused with "SP", "SVP", "stp". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "slip"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "slip" is \slip\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "slip" come from?
"slip" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

soft#12,057soja#12,058math#11,994mare#11,992

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

sceau6 variantsurine6 variantsvarié6 variantsgreat6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list