skite
/skaɪt/
"skite" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“skite” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A sudden hit or blow; a glancing blow.
Corpus desk
Index EN-skite · skite · English
skite · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | skite |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /skaɪt/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “skite” in English
Rare enough to double-check
skite is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /skaɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
skite has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English skyt, skytte, skytt, from Old Norse skítr (“dung, faeces”), from Proto-Germanic *skītaz, *skitiz. Cognate with Old English sċite (“dung”). Doublet of shit and shite. The correct English form is skite, spelled S-K-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1A sudden hit or blow; a glancing blow.
- 2A trick.
- 3A contemptible person.
- 4A drinking binge.
- 5One who skites; a boaster.
- 6A whimsical or leisurely trip.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how skite appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
When Carey told on Skin-the-Goat / O'Donnell caught him on the boat / He wished he'd never been afloat / The dirty skite.
I needed alcohol to stop my nerves rattling. This felt like the longest period I'd been without my drug of choice for at least three years. I needed to go on a skite.
Etymology
From Middle English skyt, skytte, skytt, from Old Norse skítr (“dung, faeces”), from Proto-Germanic *skītaz, *skitiz. Cognate with Old English sċite (“dung”). Doublet of shit and shite.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.