skellington
/ˈskɛlɪŋtən/
"skellington" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“skellington” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A skeleton.
Corpus desk
Index EN-skellington · skellington · English
skellington · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | skellington |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈskɛlɪŋtən/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “skellington” in English
Rare enough to double-check
skellington is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈskɛlɪŋtən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A skeleton.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for skellington, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is skellington, spelled S-K-E-L-L-I-N-G-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1A skeleton.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how skellington appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But it were talked on as 'ow 'ee found old Nobes and 'is missus' skellingtons a-sittin' bolt upright in them two chairs, but I doan't know so much 'bout that...
Mary led the way, muttering as she went, "I thought this was a decent house, but lawks! there's a skellington in every cupboard."
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.