# skirt

> English word · Noun · IPA /skɜːt/ · frequency rank #7,609

## Definitions
1. A separate article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower torso and part of the legs.
2. A similar part of a dress or robe, etc., that hangs below the waist.
3. A loose edging to any part of a dress.
4. A petticoat.
5. A woman.
6. Women collectively, in a sexual context.
7. Sexual intercourse with a woman.
8. A border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything.
9. A diaphragm, or midriff.

## Etymology
From Middle English skyrte, from Old Norse skyrta, from Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ. Doublet of shirt. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Skoarte (“apron”), Dutch schort (“apron”), German Schürze (“apron”), Danish skørt (“skirt”), Swedish skört (“hem of a jacket”), Norwegian skjørt (“skirt”).

## Easily confused with
- **sort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skirt-vs-sort)
- **suit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skirt-vs-suit)
- **stir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skirt-vs-stir)
- **spit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skirt-vs-spit)
- **slit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skirt-vs-slit)
- **skit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skirt-vs-skit)
- **start** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skirt-vs-start)
- **smart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skirt-vs-smart)
- **sport** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skirt-vs-sport)
- **swift** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skirt-vs-swift)
- **stint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skirt-vs-stint)
- **swirl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skirt-vs-swirl)
- **spire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skirt-vs-spire)
- **smirk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skirt-vs-smirk)
- **snort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skirt-vs-snort)
- **spilt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skirt-vs-spilt)
- **spurt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skirt-vs-spurt)
- **spiro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skirt-vs-spiro)
- **sturt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skirt-vs-sturt)
- **spirit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skirt-vs-spirit)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ksirt`, `sikrt`, `skirrt`, `skirtt`, `skitr`, `skkirt`, `skrit`, `sskirt`

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