get under someone's skin
"get-under-someone-s-skin" is a 20-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“get under someone's skin” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 24
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To irritate someone.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | get under someone's skin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 24 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “get under someone's skin” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for get under someone's skin is 24 letters long, classified as a verb. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for get under someone's skin in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is get under someone's skin, spelled G-E-T- -U-N-D-E-R- -S-O-M-E-O-N-E-'-S- -S-K-I-N.
Definition
- 1To irritate someone.
- 2To make a memorable impression or have a strong effect on someone; to impact someone's feelings, especially when such an effect is not expected or wanted.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “get under someone's skin”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-E-T- -U-N-D-E-R- -S-O-M-E-O-N-E-'-S- -S-K-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.