Five letter word - change only one letter

Latte - slate

slate - stare

Stare - Earth

earth - harem

harem - smear

Smear - ramps

ramps - sperm

sperm - spree

spree - trees

Trees - Steep

Steep - Sleep

sleep - peels

You forgot to change a letter... only reordered. But here's one with a changed letter.

sleep/peels - pales

pales - plate

plate - later

later - metal