# sketch

> English word · Verb · IPA /skɛt͡ʃ/ · frequency rank #6,738

## Definitions
1. To make a brief, basic drawing.
2. To describe briefly and with very few details.

## Etymology
From Dutch schets or German Skizze, from Italian schizzo, from Latin schedium, from Ancient Greek σχέδιος (skhédios, “made suddenly, off-hand”), from σχεδόν (skhedón, “near, nearby”), from ἔχω (ékhō, “to hold”). Compare scheme.

## Easily confused with
- **speech** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sketch-vs-speech)
- **switch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sketch-vs-switch)
- **stitch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sketch-vs-stitch)
- **snatch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sketch-vs-snatch)
- **stench** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sketch-vs-stench)
- **snitch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sketch-vs-snitch)
- **swatch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sketch-vs-swatch)
- **stretch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sketch-vs-stretch)
- **sketchy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sketch-vs-sketchy)
- **sketches** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sketch-vs-sketches)
- **sketched** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sketch-vs-sketched)
- **Seth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seth-vs-sketch)
- **scotch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scotch-vs-sketch)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ksetch`, `sektch`, `skecth`, `sketcch`, `sketchh`, `skethc`, `skettch`, `skketch`, `sktech`, `ssketch`

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