Skagit
/ˈskæd͡ʒɪt/
"skagit" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Skagit” is uncommon English (frequency #71,921 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,921
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - either of two tribes, the Lower Skagit and Upper Skagit.
Corpus desk
Index EN-skagit · Skagit · English
Skagit · rank #71,921 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,921
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 54,294
- PHOTO-FINISH sira
Nearest frequency peer: sira (-2 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Skagit”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- shitbag
shitbag
28,086 corpus weight
- shutoff
shutoff
28,085 corpus weight
- sira
sira
28,082 corpus weight
- Skagit
Skagit
28,080 corpus weight
- Slavin
Slavin
28,078 corpus weight
- slumbering
slumbering
28,075 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Skagit” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Skagit |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈskæd͡ʒɪt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #71,921 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Skagit” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Skagit is uncommon English at frequency #71,921 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈskæd͡ʒɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Skagit in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is Skagit, spelled S-K-A-G-I-T.
Definition
- 1either of two tribes, the Lower Skagit and Upper Skagit.
- 2A river in Washington, United States, which flows into Puget Sound.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Skagit", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.