skinned
/skɪnd/
"skinned" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“skinned” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,219. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,219
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having skin.
Corpus desk
Index EN-skinned · skinned · English
skinned · rank #14,219 · 9 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,219
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH sighted
Nearest frequency peer: sighted (-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 “skinned”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- shouts
shouts
85,785 corpus weight
- sideways
sideways
85,784 corpus weight
- sighted
sighted
85,783 corpus weight
- skinned
skinned
85,782 corpus weight
- skipper
skipper
85,781 corpus weight
- slain
slain
85,780 corpus weight
What this shows “skinned” 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 | skinned |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /skɪnd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #14,219 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “skinned”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around skinned (IPA /skɪnd/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,219 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for skinned, with forms such as "ksinned", "siknned", and "skined". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "skinny", "stunned", "skinner", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From skin (noun) + -ed (“having”). The correct English form is skinned, spelled S-K-I-N-N-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having skin.
- 2Having skin.
- 3Covered in a thin membrane resembling skin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how skinned appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Kiwi: Kiwi fruits are imported from New Zealand. Sometimes called Chinese gooseberries, these brown fuzzy-skinned fruits will be soft to the touch, like an avocado, when ripe. To serve this fruit, peel and slice.
Etymology
From skin (noun) + -ed (“having”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ksinned
- siknned
- skined
- skinend
- skinnde
- skinnedd
- skkinned
- sknined
- sskinned
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of skinned - 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 "skinned", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).