# sceptical

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #25,920

## Definitions
1. Commonwealth standard spelling of skeptical.

## Etymology
By surface analysis, sceptic + -al.

## Easily confused with
- **skeptical** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sceptical-vs-skeptical)

## Common misspellings (14)
`cseptical`, `scceptical`, `scepitcal`, `scepptical`, `sceptcial`, `sceptiacl`, `scepticall`, `scepticcal`, `scepticla`, `scepttical`, `scetpical`, `scpetical`, `secptical`, `ssceptical`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sceptical