skincare
/ˈskɪn.kɛə/
"skincare" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“skincare” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #19,208 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #19,208
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The care and treatment of the skin, especially of the face.
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) |
Where “skincare” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for skincare is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈskɪn.kɛə/. Corpus data places it at rank #19,208 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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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Using “skincare”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-K-I-N-C-A-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈskɪn.kɛə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “sincere” - see the side-by-side comparison. skincare vs sincere
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.