skies

[skaɪz]

/[skaɪz]/ noun

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The verdict

“skies” is uncommon German (frequency #74,010 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,010
frequency rank, German
107,600
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs sky

Key facts for skies
PropertyValue
Headwordskies
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[skaɪz]
Letters5
Frequency rank#74,010
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “skies” 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). skies lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

skies is uncommon German at frequency #74,010 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [skaɪz]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs sky".

No generated misspelling entries exist for skies in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is skies, spelled S-K-I-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plural des Substantivs sky

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 "skies"?
"skies" is spelled S-K-I-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [skaɪz].
What does "skies" mean?
As a noun, "skies" means: Plural des Substantivs sky
How do you pronounce "skies"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "skies" is [skaɪz]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "skies" come from?
"skies" is a German 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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Using “skies”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is S-K-I-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [skaɪz] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

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