Ski

[ʃiː]

/[ʃiː]/ noun

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The verdict

“Ski” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #5,880 in German word frequency and used as a noun.

#5,880
frequency rank, German
3
letters
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gleitgerät zur Fortbewegung im Schnee oder Wasser

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Ski vs so
0% similar
Ski vs SV
33% similar
Ski vs SS
33% similar

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

Key facts for Ski
PropertyValue
HeadwordSki
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃiː]
Letters3
Frequency rank#5,880
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Ski” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Ski lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Ski is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃiː]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,880 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Gleitgerät zur Fortbewegung im Schnee oder Wasser".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Ski, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "so", "SV", "SS", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Ski, spelled S-K-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gleitgerät zur Fortbewegung im Schnee oder Wasser

Synonyms

BrettBrettelBrettlSchneeschuh

This word in other languages

ski(English)esquí(Español)ski(Français)esqui(Português)

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ski"?
"Ski" is spelled S-K-I. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃiː].
What does "Ski" mean?
As a noun, "Ski" means: Gleitgerät zur Fortbewegung im Schnee oder Wasser
What words are commonly confused with "Ski"?
"Ski" is commonly confused with "so", "SV", "SS". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Ski"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ski" is [ʃiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ski" come from?
"Ski" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “Ski”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is S-K-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ʃiː] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “so” - see the side-by-side comparison. Ski vs so
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list