skincare
/ˈskɪn.kɛə/
"skincare" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“skincare” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #19,208. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,208
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The care and treatment of the skin, especially of the face.
Corpus desk
Index EN-skincare · skincare · English
skincare · rank #19,208 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #19,208
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH skater
Nearest frequency peer: skater (-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 “skincare”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- sideline
sideline
80,797 corpus weight
- sidelines
sidelines
80,796 corpus weight
- simplistic
simplistic
80,795 corpus weight
- skater
skater
80,794 corpus weight
- skincare
skincare
80,793 corpus weight
- Spokane
Spokane
80,790 corpus weight
What this shows “skincare” 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 | skincare |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈskɪn.kɛə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #19,208 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “skincare”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around skincare (IPA /ˈskɪn.kɛə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,208 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "The care and treatment of the skin, especially of the face.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for skincare, with forms such as "ksincare", "sikncare", and "skicnare". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "sincere", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From skin + care. The correct English form is skincare, spelled S-K-I-N-C-A-R-E.
Definition
- 1The care and treatment of the skin, especially of the face.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how skincare appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The saleswoman told her that her face would look older unless she bought this line of skincare products.
Etymology
From skin + care.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ksincare
- sikncare
- skicnare
- skinacre
- skincaer
- skincarre
- skinccare
- skincrae
- skinncare
- skkincare
- sknicare
- sskincare
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of skincare - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "skincare", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).