skewed
/skjuːd/
"skewed" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“skewed” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #21,361. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #21,361
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Twisted at an angle.
Corpus desk
Index EN-skewed · skewed · English
skewed · rank #21,361 · 9 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-MID #21,361
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH sidekick
Nearest frequency peer: sidekick (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “skewed”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- shadowy
shadowy
78,643 corpus weight
- shun
shun
78,642 corpus weight
- sidekick
sidekick
78,641 corpus weight
- skewed
skewed
78,640 corpus weight
- SNL
SNL
78,639 corpus weight
- softened
softened
78,638 corpus weight
What this shows “skewed” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | skewed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /skjuːd/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #21,361 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “skewed”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around skewed (IPA /skjuːd/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #21,361 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for skewed, with forms such as "ksewed", "sekwed", and "skeewd". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "speed", "steed", "sowed", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 skewed, spelled S-K-E-W-E-D.
Definition
- 1Twisted at an angle.
- 2Biased, distorted
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ksewed
- sekwed
- skeewd
- skewde
- skewedd
- skewwed
- skkewed
- skweed
- sskewed
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of skewed - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "skewed"?
What does "skewed" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "skewed"?
How do you pronounce "skewed"?
What language does "skewed" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "skewed", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).