thin-skinned
"thin-skinned" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“thin-skinned” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Overly sensitive to criticism; quick to take offence; irritable; touchy.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | thin-skinned |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “thin-skinned” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for thin-skinned is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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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.
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Using “thin-skinned”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-H-I-N---S-K-I-N-N-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.