thin-skinned
"thin-skinned" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“thin-skinned” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Overly sensitive to criticism; quick to take offence; irritable; touchy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-thin-skinned · thin-skinned · English
thin-skinned · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | thin-skinned |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “thin-skinned” in English
Rare enough to double-check
thin-skinned is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for thin-skinned, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is thin-skinned, spelled T-H-I-N---S-K-I-N-N-E-D.
Definition
- 1Overly sensitive to criticism; quick to take offence; irritable; touchy.
- 2Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see thin, skinned.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how thin-skinned appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She's rather thin-skinned when it comes to comments about her work.
You must handle thin-skinned fruits carefully to avoid bruising them.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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.