# Sykes

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /saɪks/ · frequency rank #19,982

## Definitions
1. A hamlet in Bowland Forest High parish, Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6351).
2. A habitational surname from Middle English.

## Etymology
From Middle English sike (“marshy stream, gutter, ditch”).

## Easily confused with
- **ses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ses-vs-sykes)
- **sees** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sees-vs-sykes)
- **sake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sake-vs-sykes)
- **skew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skew-vs-sykes)
- **SNES** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snes-vs-sykes)
- **sales** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sales-vs-sykes)
- **sites** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sites-vs-sykes)
- **sides** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sides-vs-sykes)
- **shoes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shoes-vs-sykes)
- **sizes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sizes-vs-sykes)
- **saves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saves-vs-sykes)
- **skies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skies-vs-sykes)
- **spies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/spies-vs-sykes)
- **sexes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sexes-vs-sykes)
- **Sikhs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sikhs-vs-sykes)
- **sages** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sages-vs-sykes)
- **sakes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sakes-vs-sykes)
- **stakes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stakes-vs-sykes)
- **snakes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/snakes-vs-sykes)
- **shakes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shakes-vs-sykes)

## Common misspellings (8)
`skyes`, `ssykes`, `syeks`, `sykess`, `sykkes`, `sykse`, `syykes`, `yskes`

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