skinhead
/ˈskɪn.hɛd/
"skinhead" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“skinhead” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #42,903. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,903
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Someone with a shaved head.
Corpus desk
Index EN-skinhead · skinhead · English
skinhead · rank #42,903 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,903
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH skank
Nearest frequency peer: skank (-2 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 “skinhead”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- sixpence
sixpence
57,102 corpus weight
- SJW
SJW
57,101 corpus weight
- skank
skank
57,100 corpus weight
- skinhead
skinhead
57,098 corpus weight
- Sligo
Sligo
57,096 corpus weight
- snorkel
snorkel
57,094 corpus weight
What this shows “skinhead” 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 | skinhead |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈskɪn.hɛd/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #42,903 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “skinhead”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around skinhead (IPA /ˈskɪn.hɛd/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,903 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for skinhead, with forms such as "ksinhead", "siknhead", and "skihnead". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "skinned", "Sinead", "shithead", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kenH- Proto-Germanic *skinþąder. Middle English skyn English skin Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput- Proto-Germanic *haubudą Old English hēafod Middle English heed English head English skinhead From … The correct English form is skinhead, spelled S-K-I-N-H-E-A-D.
Definition
- 1Someone with a shaved head.
- 2A 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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how skinhead appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Their rules haven't changed: Skinheads are very young, mostly between the ages of 13 and 18, and they come from strictly working class backgrounds. They wear short‐ankled denims, T‐shirts, suspenders and heavy boots known as Bovverboots (Botherboots), and their hair is shorn to an eighth of an inch all over their skulls. They dance the Reggae, a West Indi…
By the end of the show, fights would break out all over the place: the Atlantic City skins against the crew from Philly; the oldschool skinheads feuding with overzealous fresh-cuts.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kenH- Proto-Germanic *skinþąder. Middle English skyn English skin Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput- Proto-Germanic *haubudą Old English hēafod Middle English heed English head English skinhead From skin + head.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ksinhead
- siknhead
- skihnead
- skinehad
- skinhaed
- skinheadd
- skinheda
- skinhhead
- skinnhead
- skkinhead
- sknihead
- sskinhead
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of skinhead - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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