ice-skate
"ice-skate" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ice-skate” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - to skate on ice, wearing ice skates.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ice-skate · ice-skate · English
ice-skate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" 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 | ice-skate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ice-skate” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ice-skate is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "to skate on ice, wearing ice skates.".
Zero misspellings are on record for ice-skate in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is ice-skate, spelled I-C-E---S-K-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1to skate on ice, wearing ice skates.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ice-skate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She had ice-skated the entire lake.
Aasha had seen pictures of people ice-skating in the wintertime, two by two in fur-trimmed hoods and mittens.
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.