# Skippy

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #42,409

## Definitions
1. Nickname given to people of Australian origin by the British.

## Etymology
In reference to Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, an Australian television series of the 1960s.

## Easily confused with
- **sloppy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skippy-vs-sloppy)
- **snappy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skippy-vs-snappy)
- **skip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skip-vs-skippy)
- **sappy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sappy-vs-skippy)
- **skinny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skinny-vs-skippy)
- **skimpy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skimpy-vs-skippy)
- **skipper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skipper-vs-skippy)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ksippy`, `sikppy`, `skippyy`, `skipy`, `skipyp`, `skkippy`, `skpipy`, `sskippy`

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