skirted

adj

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"skirted" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“skirted” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #49,637. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,637
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wearing a skirt.

Corpus desk

Index EN-skirted · skirted · English

skirted · rank #49,637 · 11 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,637
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sif

Nearest frequency peer: Sif (-1 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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “skirted”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “skirted” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

skirted vs suited
71% similar
skirted vs sorted
71% similar
skirted vs skirts
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for skirted
PropertyValue
Headwordskirted
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#49,637
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “skirted”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).skirtedlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “Sif” (#49,636), “sleepiness” (#49,638), “slurp” (#49,639). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “skirted” is #49,637. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around skirted, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #49,637 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for skirted, with forms such as "ksirted", "sikrted", and "skiretd". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "suited", "sorted", "skirts", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From skirt + -ed. The correct English form is skirted, spelled S-K-I-R-T-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Wearing a skirt.
  2. 2
    Having a skirt.
  3. 3
    Bordered.
  4. 4
    Passed around; evaded.
  5. 5
    Narrowly missed.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […] a small glass box in which you wander, swivel, waver, flashing your flesh like a skirted girl doing cartwheels on the lawn.
  2. Carefully the child tried to cover her deformed leg under her skirted pyjamas.

Etymology

From skirt + -ed.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ksirted
  • sikrted
  • skiretd
  • skirrted
  • skirtde
  • skirtedd
  • skirtted
  • skitred
  • skkirted
  • skrited
  • sskirted

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of skirted - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ksirted2sikrted2skiretd2skirrted1skirtde2skirtedd1skirtted1skitred2
Edit distance from "skirted"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "skirted"?
"skirted" is spelled S-K-I-R-T-E-D.
What does "skirted" mean?
As an adjective, "skirted" means: Wearing a skirt.
What words are commonly confused with "skirted"?
"skirted" is commonly confused with "suited", "sorted", "skirts". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "skirted"?
From skirt + -ed. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "skirted", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

shellac#49,632shapely#49,631shackle#49,630sealant#49,624

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

stilted11 variantsSumitomo11 variantssupplant11 variantsrostrum11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list