Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sleepers

/slˈipɚz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.04 in modern English

Syllables: sleep-ers
IPA: /slˈipɚz/

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of sleeper

noun

Alternative form of sleeper.

name

plural of Sleeper

Example Sentences

"WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE PAIR OF SLEEPERS I BOUGHT FOR LITTLE SALLY.."
"One entertainer that small children love is Roger Riddle. A pudgy man pretending to be a child, sloppily dressed in sleepers, he talks back to his unseen parents, fighting to stay up late."
"In this third volume of a set that will encompass the 50-year run of the strip, Linus stops crawling and starts walking. He’s not yet the intellectual/theologian he will become, but he’s no longer a baby in sleepers."

Inflected Forms

sleeper (attributive)

Rhymes With

keepers sweepers beepers schepers

Questions

How do you pronounce sleepers?: The recorded pronunciation is /slˈipɚz/.
What does sleepers mean?: plural of sleeper

How to pronounce sleepers

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