# skipper

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈskɪp.ə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #14,220

## Definitions
1. The master of a ship.
2. A coach, director, or other leader.
3. The captain of a sports team such as football, cricket, rugby or curling.

## Etymology
From Middle English skippere, skyppere, scippere, borrowed from Middle Dutch scipper, schipper, from Old Dutch *skipāri, from Proto-Germanic *skipārijaz. Piecewise doublet of shipper, from ship + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **supper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skipper-vs-supper)
- **sniper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skipper-vs-sniper)
- **Skippy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skipper-vs-skippy)
- **slipped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skipper-vs-slipped)
- **snippet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skipper-vs-snippet)
- **stopper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skipper-vs-stopper)
- **slipper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skipper-vs-slipper)
- **snapper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skipper-vs-snapper)
- **slippery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skipper-vs-slippery)
- **stripper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skipper-vs-stripper)
- **slippers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skipper-vs-slippers)
- **skier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skier-vs-skipper)
- **shipped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shipped-vs-skipper)
- **skinner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skinner-vs-skipper)
- **shopper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shopper-vs-skipper)
- **shipper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shipper-vs-skipper)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ksipper`, `sikpper`, `skipepr`, `skiper`, `skipperr`, `skippre`, `skkipper`, `skpiper`, `sskipper`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/skipper