# ski

> English word · Noun · IPA /skiː/ · frequency rank #5,840

## Definitions
1. One of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow or water.
2. One of a pair of long flat runners under some flying machines, used for landing.
3. A trip made by skiing.

## Etymology
From Norwegian ski, from Old Norse skíð (“stick of wood, snowshoe”), from Proto-Germanic *skīdą (“stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to cut, split”) (see also shed). Cognate with Old English sċīd (“stick of wood”) (modern shide), Old High German skit (Modern German Scheit (“log”)).

## Easily confused with
- **so** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ski-vs-so)
- **SS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ski-vs-ss)
- **SP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ski-vs-sp)
- **su** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ski-vs-su)
- **SM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ski-vs-sm)
- **SW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ski-vs-sw)
- **SL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ski-vs-sl)
- **SV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ski-vs-sv)
- **Sy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ski-vs-sy)
- **son** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ski-vs-son)
- **sun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ski-vs-sun)
- **sky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ski-vs-sky)
- **sub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ski-vs-sub)
- **sum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ski-vs-sum)
- **spy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ski-vs-spy)
- **sue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ski-vs-sue)
- **spa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ski-vs-spa)
- **sox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ski-vs-sox)
- **sol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ski-vs-sol)
- **SMS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ski-vs-sms)

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