skaï
\skaj\
The verdict
“skaï” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tissu enduit qui imite le cuir, même s’il n’est pas de la marque Skaï®/Skai®.
Corpus desk
Index FR-skai · skaï · French
skaï · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | skaï |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \skaj\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « skaï » en français
Rare enough to double-check
skaï is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \skaj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tissu enduit qui imite le cuir, même s’il n’est pas de la marque Skaï®/Skai®.".
Zero misspellings are on record for skaï in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is skaï, spelled S-K-A-Ï.
Definition
- 1Tissu enduit qui imite le cuir, même s’il n’est pas de la marque Skaï®/Skai®.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how skaï appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un bustier en skaï.
Elle m’a fait penser à une fleur étrange, munie d’antennes translucides et d’un cœur en skaï mauve…
Synonyms
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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.