Which to use
“skin” is a noun and “skip” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,657
- “skin” frequency rank
- #45,013
- “skip” frequency rank
- 69670
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | skin | skip |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Miembro de una subcultura nacida en el Reino Unido en los años sesenta caracterizado principalmente por llevar la cabeza rapada y por su culto al coraje y a la violencia. | Saltar. |
Where the eye mixes skin and skip
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: skin vs skip
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: skin is [ˈskĩn] while skip is /skɪp/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - n in “skin” becomes p in “skip”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69670, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
skin is recorded at frequency rank #24,657, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈskĩn]. skip is at rank #45,013, tagged as averb, pronounced /skɪp/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 69670, this pair ranks #31,473 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of skin vs skip
Shared letters: iks. Private to "skin": n. Private to "skip": p.
"skin" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "skip" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "skin" for "skip" ever safe?
Frequency check: "skin" vs "skip" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "skin" and "skip" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "skin" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "skip" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #31,473 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "skin" and "skip" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sei vs skip". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #31,473 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.