Which to use
“skirted” is an adjective and “skirts” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,637
- “skirted” frequency rank
- #13,612
- “skirts” frequency rank
- 63249
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | skirted | skirts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Wearing a skirt. | plural of skirt |
Letter map: skirted vs skirts
Shared letters muted; letters that set skirted and skirts apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. skirted runs 7 letters (CCVCCVC) against skirts's 6 (CCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: skirted vs skirts
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: skirted is anadjective and skirtsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63249, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
skirted is recorded at frequency rank #49,637, classified as anadj. skirts is at rank #13,612, tagged as anoun, pronounced /skɝts/.
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 63249, this pair ranks #83,993 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of skirted vs skirts
Shared letters: ikrst. Private to "skirted": de. Private to "skirts": -.
"skirted" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "skirts" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "skirted" and "skirts" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "skirted" or "skirts" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "skirted" vs "skirts" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "skirted" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "skirts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #83,993 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "skirted" and "skirts" 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 #83,993 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.