# skater

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈskeɪ.tə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #19,207

## Definitions
1. A person who skates.
2. A skateboarder.
3. A member of skateboarding subculture, characterized by dingy and baggy clothes, and often wallet chains.
4. A player who is not a goaltender.
5. Synonym of water strider.

## Etymology
From skate + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **state** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skater-vs-state)
- **slate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skater-vs-slate)
- **skier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skater-vs-skier)
- **spate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skater-vs-spate)
- **states** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skater-vs-states)
- **stated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skater-vs-stated)
- **slater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skater-vs-slater)
- **slayer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skater-vs-slayer)
- **slated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skater-vs-slated)
- **skates** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skater-vs-skates)
- **Sutter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skater-vs-sutter)
- **spacer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skater-vs-spacer)
- **Skyler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skater-vs-skyler)
- **Sumter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skater-vs-sumter)
- **skewer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skater-vs-skewer)
- **stator** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skater-vs-stator)
- **Slates** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skater-vs-slates)
- **starter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skater-vs-starter)
- **smarter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skater-vs-smarter)
- **sweater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skater-vs-sweater)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ksater`, `sakter`, `skaetr`, `skaterr`, `skatre`, `skatter`, `skkater`, `sktaer`, `sskater`

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