# sells vs skills

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### sells
*verb · IPA /sɛlz/ · frequency rank #6,178*
third-person singular simple present indicative of sell

### skills
*verb · IPA /skɪlz/ · frequency rank #1,774*
third-person singular simple present indicative of skill

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sells-vs-skills