# skills vs smiles

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### smiles
*noun · IPA /smaɪlz/ · frequency rank #8,206*
plural of smile

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