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“skilled” and “skirted” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,841
- “skilled” frequency rank
- #49,637
- “skirted” frequency rank
- 55478
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | skilled | skirted |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Having or showing skill; skillful. | Wearing a skirt. |
Letter map: skilled vs skirted
Shared letters muted; letters that set skilled and skirted apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. skilled and skirted follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Corpus notes: skilled and skirted
skilled and skirted are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55478, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
skilled is recorded at frequency rank #5,841, classified as anadj, pronounced /skɪld/. skirted is at rank #49,637, tagged as anadj.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 55478, this pair ranks #133,335 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of skilled vs skirted
Shared letters: deiks. Private to "skilled": l. Private to "skirted": rt.
"skilled" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "skirted" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "skilled" and "skirted" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "skilled" or "skirted"?
Useful next steps
Pair "skilled" vs "skirted" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "skilled" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "skirted" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #133,335 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "skilled" and "skirted" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "skirted vs stilted". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #133,335 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.