sked
/skɛd/noun, verb
sked is spelled S-K-E-D: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 121,279th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sked means “A schedule” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sked is skeds.
How many letters and syllables are in sked?
| Letters | 4: S-K-E-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 16 million words; the 121,279th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is sked?
Sked appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 121,279th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce sked?
- /skɛd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-sked.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with sked?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as sked.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: desk, keds.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of sked
- skeds plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- sched
- skedding participle, present
- skedded participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sked mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
informalA schedule.
- 2
informalherring
verb
- 1
informalTo schedule.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sked come from?
Respelling of the first syllable of schedule.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).