skintight
/ˈskɪnˌtaɪt/
"skintight" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“skintight” is uncommon English (frequency #85,781 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,781
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Conforming tightly to the body, snug against the skin.
Corpus desk
Index EN-skintight · skintight · English
skintight · rank #85,781 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,781
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH sines
Nearest frequency peer: sines (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “skintight”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- SII
SII
14,225 corpus weight
- sika
sika
14,224 corpus weight
- sines
sines
14,222 corpus weight
- skintight
skintight
14,220 corpus weight
- sleepwalk
sleepwalk
14,217 corpus weight
- slipway
slipway
14,215 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “skintight” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | skintight |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈskɪnˌtaɪt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #85,781 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “skintight” in English
Rare enough to double-check
skintight is uncommon English at frequency #85,781 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈskɪnˌtaɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Conforming tightly to the body, snug against the skin.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for skintight, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From skin + tight. The correct English form is skintight, spelled S-K-I-N-T-I-G-H-T.
Definition
- 1Conforming tightly to the body, snug against the skin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how skintight appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He'd have to stow the Gun somewhere; no place to conceal it in the skintight bodysuit.
I'mma get your heart racing / In my skin-tight jeans / Be your teenage dream tonight
Etymology
From skin + tight.
This word in other languages
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
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).