skill

\ˈskɪl\

/\ˈskɪl\/ verb

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The verdict

“skill” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,041. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,041
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Séparer, diviser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-skill · skill · French

skill · rank #39,041 · 6 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,041
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Skye

Nearest frequency peer: Skye (+1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « skill »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « skill » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

skill vs skis
60% similar
skill vs skin
60% similar
skill vs skip
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for skill
PropertyValue
Headwordskill
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ˈskɪl\
Letters5
Frequency rank#39,041
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « skill »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).skillse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Skye » (#39,042), « sinueux » (#39,039), « slt » (#39,043). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « skill » est au #39,041. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around skill (IPA \ˈskɪl\), averb. Corpus frequency is #39,041 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for skill, with forms such as "ksill", "sikll", and "skil". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "skis", "skin", "skip", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is skill, spelled S-K-I-L-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Séparer, diviser.
  2. 2
    Discerner.
  3. 3
    Savoir, comprendre.
  4. 4
    Faire la différence, importer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how skill appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. I should have given’t you to-day morning, but as a madman’s epistles are no gospels, so it skills not much when they are delivered.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ksill
  • sikll
  • skil
  • skkill
  • sklil
  • sskill

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of skill - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ksill2sikll2skil1skkill1sklil2sskill1
Edit distance from "skill"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "skill"?
"skill" is spelled S-K-I-L-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈskɪl\.
What does "skill" mean?
As a verb, "skill" means: Séparer, diviser.
What words are commonly confused with "skill"?
"skill" is commonly confused with "skis", "skin", "skip". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "skill"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "skill" is \ˈskɪl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "skill" come from?
"skill" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "skill", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

soies#39,044sauva#39,034terni#39,068Patti#38,969

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Skye6 variantssubs6 variantsThom6 variantspony6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list