skinsvsskipConfusable pair

Quick tell: skins is a noun, skip is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“skins” is a noun and “skip” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#39,997
“skins” frequency rank
#45,013
“skip” frequency rank
85010
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature skins skip
Definition Forma del plural de skin. Saltar.

Where the eye mixes skins and skip

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
skins
4 ch
skip

Look-alike desk: skins vs skip

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: skins is [ˈskĩns] while skip is /skɪp/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85010, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

skins is recorded at frequency rank #39,997, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈskĩns]. 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 85010, this pair ranks #6,501 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of skins vs skip

Shared letters: iks. Private to "skins": n. Private to "skip": p.

"skins" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "skip" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • skinsksins · sikns · skinns · skinss · skisn · skkins · sknis · sskins
  • skipksip · sikp · skipp · skkip · skpi · sskip

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "skins" and "skip" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "skins" is a noun and "skip" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "skins" vs "skip" - which ranks higher?
"skins" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,997 in our Spanish list, against #45,013 for "skip". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "skins" and "skip" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "skins" 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 #6,501 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "skins" 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 #6,501 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list