skinny jeans

noun

"skinny-jeans" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“skinny jeans” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A style of form-fitting jeans with very narrow, straight legs, which often taper inward at the ankles.

Corpus desk

Index EN-skinny-jeans · skinny jeans · English

skinny jeans · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for skinny jeans
PropertyValue
Headwordskinny jeans
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “skinny jeans” in English

skinny jeanssits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

skinny jeans is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A style of form-fitting jeans with very narrow, straight legs, which often taper inward at the ankles.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for skinny jeans, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is skinny jeans, spelled S-K-I-N-N-Y- -J-E-A-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    A style of form-fitting jeans with very narrow, straight legs, which often taper inward at the ankles.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how skinny jeans appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. She ordered a pair of plus-size skinny jeans online.
  2. Got your tongue pierced anyway / You in your high-tops any day / You in your skinny jeans anyway

Synonyms

skinniesdrainpipesdrainpipe jeansdrainpipe trousersstovepipesstovepipe trousers

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "skinny jeans"?
"skinny jeans" is spelled S-K-I-N-N-Y- -J-E-A-N-S.
What does "skinny jeans" mean?
As a noun, "skinny jeans" means: A style of form-fitting jeans with very narrow, straight legs, which often taper inward at the ankles.
What language does "skinny jeans" come from?
"skinny jeans" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list