# skit

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #24,000

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

## 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.

## Easily confused with
- **sky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skit-vs-sky)
- **STI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skit-vs-sti)
- **Sui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skit-vs-sui)
- **SSI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skit-vs-ssi)
- **SMT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skit-vs-smt)
- **soi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skit-vs-soi)
- **sot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skit-vs-sot)
- **SST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skit-vs-sst)
- **sort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skit-vs-sort)
- **spot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skit-vs-spot)
- **suit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skit-vs-suit)
- **soft** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skit-vs-soft)
- **soil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skit-vs-soil)
- **spin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skit-vs-spin)
- **slip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skit-vs-slip)
- **swim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skit-vs-swim)
- **slot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skit-vs-slot)
- **slim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skit-vs-slim)
- **stir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skit-vs-stir)
- **stat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skit-vs-stat)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ksit`, `sikt`, `skitt`, `skkit`, `skti`, `sskit`

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