great skua
"great-skua" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“great skua” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A large seabird, Stercorarius skua.
Corpus desk
Index EN-great-skua · great skua · English
great skua · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | great skua |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “great skua” in English
Rare enough to double-check
great skua is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A large seabird, Stercorarius skua.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for great skua, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is great skua, spelled G-R-E-A-T- -S-K-U-A.
Definition
- 1A large seabird, Stercorarius skua.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how great skua appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
There are great skuas here, nesting up on the higher ground, and I have seen them cruising above the gull colony further up the coast.
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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.