skosh
/skoʊʃ/
"skosh" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“skosh” 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 tiny amount; a little bit.
Corpus desk
Index EN-skosh · skosh · English
skosh · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- 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 | skosh |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /skoʊʃ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “skosh” in English
Rare enough to double-check
skosh is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /skoʊʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A tiny amount; a little bit.".
skosh has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Japanese 少し (sukoshi, “a little bit”), originally US armed forces slang. The correct English form is skosh, spelled S-K-O-S-H.
Definition
- 1A tiny amount; a little bit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how skosh appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He added just a skosh of vinegar, to give the recipe some zip.
“Fly just a skosh to your one o'clock,” Elroy said.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 少し (sukoshi, “a little bit”), originally US armed forces slang.
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.