skit

noun

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"skit" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“skit” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #24,000. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,000
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A short comic performance done by amateurs.

Corpus desk

Index EN-skit · skit · English

skit · rank #24,000 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,000
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH Slavic

Nearest frequency peer: Slavic (+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 “skit”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “skit” 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).

skit vs sky
50% similar
skit vs STI
0% similar
skit vs Sui
25% similar

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

Key facts for skit
PropertyValue
Headwordskit
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#24,000
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “skit”

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).skitlands here:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “Slavic” (#24,001), “skateboarding” (#23,998), “snowboarding” (#24,002). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “skit” is #24,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around skit, anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,000 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for skit, with forms such as "ksit", "sikt", and "skitt". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "sky", "STI", "Sui", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Old Norse skjúta (“to shoot, dart, move quickly”), variant of skjóta. Compare flytja (“to move”). Alternately, perhaps a back-formation from skittish, which in turn may derive from Old Norse or another North Germanic language. The correct English form is skit, spelled S-K-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A short comic performance done by amateurs.
  2. 2
    A jeer or sally; a brief satire.
  3. 3
    A wanton girl; a wench.
  4. 4
    A short, sharp shower (of rain).
  5. 5
    Diarrhea, in livestock; the scour.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. That is a mere skit compared with this strange performance.
  2. However, terrible as it may seem to the tall maiden sisters of J.P.'s in Queen Anne houses with walled vegetable gardens, this courtesan, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie, street-walker, this trollop, this trull, this baggage, this hussy, this drab, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, demirep, demimondaine, this wanton, this fornicatress, this doxy, this…

Etymology

Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Old Norse skjúta (“to shoot, dart, move quickly”), variant of skjóta. Compare flytja (“to move”). Alternately, perhaps a back-formation from skittish, which in turn may derive from Old Norse or another North Germanic language.

This word in other languages

sainete(Español)sketch(Français)Darbietung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ksit
  • sikt
  • skitt
  • skkit
  • skti
  • sskit

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of skit - 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.

ksit2sikt2skitt1skkit1skti2sskit1
Edit distance from "skit"

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 "skit"?
"skit" is spelled S-K-I-T.
What does "skit" mean?
As a noun, "skit" means: A short comic performance done by amateurs.
What words are commonly confused with "skit"?
"skit" is commonly confused with "sky", "STI", "Sui". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "skit"?
Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Old Norse skjúta (“to shoot, dart, move quickly”), variant of skjóta. Compare flytja (“to move”). Alternately, perhaps a back-formation from skittish, which in turn may derive from Old Norse or another North Germanic... 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 "skit", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rife#23,975turd#24,036Rana#23,962putt#23,957

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

snuff6 variantssever6 variantsprog6 variantspixie6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list