skort
noun
skort is spelled S-K-O-R-T: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, skort means “A pair of shorts designed to look like a skirt via the addition of a panel of fabric” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of skort is skorts.
How many letters and syllables are in skort?
| Letters | 5: S-K-O-R-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 31 million words; the 169,822nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is skort?
Skort appears about once in every 31 million words in written English, the 169,822nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce skort?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-skort.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with skort?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as skort.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: stork.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of skort
- skorts plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does skort mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A pair of shorts designed to look like a skirt via the addition of a panel of fabric.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Skort in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense pair of shorts designed to look like a skirt:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Skort |
| Spanish | falda short, short falda |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does skort come from?
Blend of skirt + shorts. First attested in the 1950s.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).