skinhead
skin·head/ˈskɪn.hɛd/noun
skinhead is spelled S-K-I-N-H-E-A-D: 8 letters and 2 syllables (skin·head). It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,680th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, skinhead means “Someone with a shaved head” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of skinhead is skinheads.
How many letters and syllables are in skinhead?
| Letters | 8: S-K-I-N-H-E-A-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: skin·head |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 42,680th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is skinhead?
Skinhead appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,680th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce skinhead?
- /ˈskɪn.hɛd/
Skinhead has 2 syllables, split skin·head in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-skinhead.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of skinhead
- skinheads plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does skinhead mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Someone with a shaved head.
- 2
A member of a subculture that arose among working-class youth in late 1960s England or its diaspora, defined by close-cropped or shaven heads and working-class clothing, and often associated with violence and white-supremacist or anti-immigrant principles.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate skinhead?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of skinhead: skin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Skinhead in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense member of subculture:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does skinhead come from?
From skin + head.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).