# skewed

> English word · Adjective · IPA /skjuːd/ · frequency rank #21,361

## Definitions
1. Twisted at an angle.
2. Biased, distorted

## Easily confused with
- **speed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skewed-vs-speed)
- **steed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skewed-vs-steed)
- **sowed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skewed-vs-sowed)
- **slowed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skewed-vs-slowed)
- **snowed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skewed-vs-snowed)
- **stowed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skewed-vs-stowed)
- **skewer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skewed-vs-skewer)
- **stewed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skewed-vs-stewed)
- **seed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seed-vs-skewed)
- **skew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skew-vs-skewed)
- **sewer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sewer-vs-skewed)
- **sewed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sewed-vs-skewed)
- **sawed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sawed-vs-skewed)
- **skeet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skeet-vs-skewed)
- **showed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/showed-vs-skewed)
- **seemed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seemed-vs-skewed)
- **seeded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seeded-vs-skewed)
- **skated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skated-vs-skewed)
- **screwed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/screwed-vs-skewed)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ksewed`, `sekwed`, `skeewd`, `skewde`, `skewedd`, `skewwed`, `skkewed`, `skweed`, `sskewed`

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