# skip vs SMP

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### skip
*verb · IPA /skɪp/ · frequency rank #5,082*
To move by hopping on alternate feet.

### SMP
*noun · frequency rank #41,382*
Initialism of statutory maternity pay (“payments made by an employer to an employee who is absent from work due to their pregnancy”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skip-vs-smp