# skates

> English word · Noun · IPA /skeɪts/ · frequency rank #19,972

## Definitions
1. plural of skate

## Easily confused with
- **state** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skates-vs-state)
- **stats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skates-vs-stats)
- **skies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skates-vs-skies)
- **slate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skates-vs-slate)
- **spate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skates-vs-spate)
- **states** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skates-vs-states)
- **status** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skates-vs-status)
- **stated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skates-vs-stated)
- **stages** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skates-vs-stages)
- **spaces** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skates-vs-spaces)
- **slaves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skates-vs-slaves)
- **stakes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skates-vs-stakes)
- **snakes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skates-vs-snakes)
- **slater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skates-vs-slater)
- **slated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skates-vs-slated)
- **stares** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skates-vs-stares)
- **spades** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skates-vs-spades)
- **snares** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skates-vs-snares)
- **Soames** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skates-vs-soames)
- **Slates** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skates-vs-slates)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ksates`, `saktes`, `skaets`, `skatess`, `skatse`, `skattes`, `skkates`, `sktaes`, `sskates`

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