skin

[skɪn]

/[skɪn]/ noun

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The verdict

“skin” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #21,064. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,064
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - menschliche Haut

Corpus desk

Index DE-skin · skin · German

skin · rank #21,064 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,064
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sitte

Nearest frequency peer: Sitte (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „skin“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „skin“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

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).

skin vs Sn
25% similar
skin vs son
50% similar
skin vs Sun
25% similar

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

Key facts for skin
PropertyValue
Headwordskin
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[skɪn]
Letters4
Frequency rank#21,064
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „skin“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.skinliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Sitte“ (#21,063), „Snack“ (#21,065), „sinnlose“ (#21,062). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „skin“ bei #21,064. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around skin (IPA [skɪn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,064 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for skin, with forms such as "ksin", "sikn", and "skinn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Sn", "son", "Sun", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is skin, spelled S-K-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    menschliche Haut
  2. 2
    die äußerste Schutzschicht jeden Tiers und jeder Pflanze
  3. 3
    die Haut und das Fell eines bestimmten Tiers
  4. 4
    die geronnene Haut auf einer Flüssigkeit
  5. 5
    Das Aussehen einer grafischen Benutzeroberfläche

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. He is so disgusting he makes my skin crawl.
  2. In order to get to the rest of the paint in the can, you'll have to remove the skin floating on top of it.

Synonyms

dermisintegumentpeeltegumenthidepeltfilm

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ksin
  • sikn
  • skinn
  • skkin
  • skni
  • sskin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of skin - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ksin2sikn2skinn1skkin1skni2sskin1
Edit distance from "skin"

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 "skin"?
"skin" is spelled S-K-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [skɪn].
What does "skin" mean?
As a noun, "skin" means: menschliche Haut
What words are commonly confused with "skin"?
"skin" is commonly confused with "Sn", "son", "Sun". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "skin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "skin" is [skɪn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "skin" come from?
"skin" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

sonn#21,070shot#21,057Ruin#21,044Loge#20,992

Similar misspelling depth

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

Solls6 variantsreize6 variantsratio6 variantsKnut6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list